Information Officer and Under Secretary at the OPMCM Shankar KC informed the information seekers that the report could not be made public reasoning it would jeopardize personal privacy, life, property, health and security.[break]
Senior journalist Taranath Dahal and Sanjeev Ghimire, on October 11, 2012 had sought information with OPMCM on behalf of the RTI Support Centre of Freedom Forum in line with clause 3 Right to Information Act 2007.
After the denial of the information, the information seekers have demanded the information with Chief Secretary of Nepal Government about the report reasoning they have rights to get the information.
The information seekers Dahal and Ghimire have argued that the probe report submitted to the concerned body a decade back has already been a matter of public concern. Such report could help make governance transparent, they added.
In the complaint made to the Chief Secretary, they further argued that Information Officer KC´s decision to deny information was against law. Saying he intentionally hid the information, Mr Dahal and Ghimire demanded departmental action on Information Officer KC.
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