The Chinese administration has fined them 1,000 yuan (about Rs. 22,400) each for violating the border.
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Two Nepali youths who were detained by Chinese security personnel on charges of flying a drone across the border in the Nepal-China border area of Lapchi were released on Friday. The Chinese administration has fined them 1,000 yuan (about 22,400 rupees) each for violating the border.
According to the Armed Police Force's Border Protection Post (BOP) Tatopani, the Chinese administration released both youths after paying a minimum fine for crossing the border. 'That's not just a fine, it has also been paid for medical tests, treatment expenses and other issues,' he said.
On Friday, Chinese security personnel and immigration representatives handed them over to Tatopani Immigration Office Chief Padmaraj Timalsina, Armed Police Force's BOP Tatopani Police Inspector Lilaram Phunjel and other Nepali administrative representatives.
According to Immigration Office Chief Timalsina, the Chinese side handed over both the youths to the Nepali side after completing the necessary legal procedures. 'It was said that they would be released on Thursday. But since the process was yet to be completed, they were handed over on Friday. Now, after completing the necessary procedures, they will be handed over to their families,' he said. According to him, the youths' families had already been contacted. After the Nepali side requested their release through formal correspondence, the Chinese side released them after completing the interrogation and legal procedures.
Manoj Prajapati of Kathmandu and 17-year-old Sudip Thapa Magar of Bhaktapur flew a drone in the border area while they were visiting Lapchi. Chinese security personnel took them into custody after the drone entered Chinese territory. They were then kept in China's Nyalam County.
