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The American Embassy in Nepal has said that it hopes that the government of Nepal and the Nepali people will have a meaningful dialogue about ensuring good governance, freedom of the press and fundamental rights of the people.
In a post on social media on Wednesday morning, the US Embassy said that freedom of the press, accountability and transparency are the guiding principles for the US as it continues its efforts towards becoming a 'more perfect country'.
The US Embassy said, 'press freedom, accountability and transparency are the guiding principles for the US as it continues its efforts to become a "more perfect country". As Nepal continues to shape the democracy achieved after a difficult struggle, we hope that the government of Nepal and the people of Nepal will have a meaningful dialogue about ensuring good governance, freedom of the press and fundamental rights of the people.'
Freedom of the press, accountability and transparency are the guiding principles for America as it continues its efforts to become a "more perfect country". As Nepal continues to shape the democracy achieved after a difficult struggle, good governance, press freedom and people's basic... pic.twitter.com/zUOL560j96
The president of Kantipur Media Group, Sirohia, was arrested from the office on Tuesday on the pretext that the citizenship number given by the district administration matched with another person.
The police team reached the eighth floor office of the Kantipur office to arrest President Sirohia while he was at work trampling on the democratic practice of not allowing security agencies of the state to enter the office of the independent press. A team including SSP Sanukumar Bhattarai and SP Ravindra Regmi of the Valley Crime Investigation Office Kathmandu entered the working room with police officers including Bardi.
On Tuesday in Kantipur, Gorkha Media published news under the title of embezzlement of 958.1 million rupees by four cooperatives, during the period when Deputy Prime Minister and Home Minister Ravi Lamichhane was the managing director of the company, 803.1 million rupees were received from cooperatives in Gorkha Media. A large number of police were mobilized in the Kantipur office complex and Thapathali road from early morning.
Sirohia was taken away by Bardidhari police in the presence of journalists federation, media society, lawyers, civil leaders, parliamentarians, various media publishers and journalists at the Kantipur office complex.
