Nepal panel calls for legal action against king

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KATHMANDU, Aug 3 (AFP): An official report released Friday has recommended legal action against Nepal's king for his role in suppressing massive protests that forced an end to his direct rule last year.
King Gyanendra scrapped 14 months of authoritarian rule in April 2006 after three weeks of street demonstrations led by political parties in concert with rebel Maoists which left 19 people dead.
"The government should prepare a necessary law to take action against the then chairman of the council of ministers (King Gyanendra) and other ministers," said the report written by a commission chaired by a former head of the supreme court, Krishna Jung Rayamajhi.
No law exists under current Nepali statutes to prosecute a monarch making any immediate action against the beleaguered king unlikely.
During the April uprising, Gyanendra's government detained thousands of political activists, cut mobile phone connections and imposed daytime curfews across the country.
"All members of the cabinet including the chairman of the then government are responsible for the loss of life and property, misuse of power and state funds and violations of human rights during the people's movement in April," said the commission's findings put before parliament Friday.