Among those arrested, Chinese national Paknajol was staying at a hotel in Thamel. He first entered Nepal on a tourist visa in 2012 and has since stayed there 13 times on business visas.
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Two foreign nationals have been arrested for illegally residing in Nepal by misusing their visas. The Immigration Department arrested a Chinese and an American national on Sunday for their suspicious activities.
Among those arrested, Chinese national Paknajol was staying in a hotel in Thamel. He first entered Nepal on a tourist visa in 2012 and then stayed there 13 times on a business visa.
It has also been revealed that he had established 6 different hotels/business companies in Nepal. Immigration Department Director Tikaram Dhakal informed that he had established the company only for the purpose of obtaining a business visa but no investment or business was seen.
The companies he had established but did not do business with are Yan Shopping Hotel and Restaurant, Hotel with Restaurant Yan, Zhongbin International Cargo Company, Moa Ying Hotel and Restaurant, Spirit Monkey Information Technology and Shao Jiaxun Hotel with Restaurant Company.
Similarly, an American citizen who has been living in Nepal on a tourist visa and a business visa and has been involved in Christian religious propaganda under the guise of various educational work for the past 4 years has also been arrested. It has also been revealed that American citizens who entered Nepal under the guise of a tourist visa and a business visa have repeatedly registered tourist visas and companies of different nature and applied for visas just for the purpose of staying in Nepal for a long time.
It was found that he entered Nepal for the first time in 2017, entered Nepal again in 2020 and has been in Nepal till now.
He opened a Calvary Service Center in Sangachokgadi, Sindhupalchowk, and mentioned the company's address as Lalitpur-18 Saimbu. It has been found that he has been illegally operating a children's home by renting a house in Godavari Municipality. The building, which does not have an official board related to the children's home, has been sheltering 12 economically weak girls and involving them in activities related to Christianity. Locals had complained that the building, which does not have an official board related to the children's home, has been sheltering 12 girls from poor financial conditions and involving them in activities related to Christianity. Then, during a monitoring visit, an American citizen was found to have painted Christian propaganda messages on the walls of the building at the orphanage.
He had repeatedly obtained study and business visas solely for the purpose of living in Nepal. The department stated that after being taken into custody by immigration, he resorted to hate speech and abusive language against the Nepal government and administration.
