Registration of fraud cases on the rise

KATHMANDU, March 17: The trend of people approaching the Foreign Employment Tribunal (FET) to file cases against persons or firms involved in fraudulent activities in foreign employment is on the rise in recent days.



FET officials said people are making a beeline at the tribunal in the hope of prompt delivery of justice. [break]



Talking to myrepublica.com, Dr Ravi Sharma Aryal, member of FET, said they were receiving around 10 to 12 cases a week, demanding judicial remand for persons or firms involved in fraudulent activities. “The number is far higher than the cases that the Kathmandu District Court used to register before FET was established,” Aryal added.



He also said people have started approaching FET on different fraudulent cases on personal dealings by registering them as foreign employment cases in hope of prompt justice delivery. “We are also seeing people who approach us by naming land transaction cases as foreign employment cases,” Aryal told myrepublica.com on Wednesday.



A total of 115 cases have been registered at FET since it was established two months ago.



“Most of the cases that we are receiving are for judicial remand of persons committing foul play and revision of old cases registered with KDC,” Aryal added. He further informed that KDC was handing over around 300 cases that have yet to be settled to FET within a week.



FET resumed its work from its own office at Ghattekulo on Wednesday. Prior to this, FET was operating in the premises of Labor Court.



Aryal said most of the cases filed at FET can be settled within 45 days. “But there can be some exceptions on cases that need comprehensive investigations,” he added.



KDC generally takes about one to one and a half year to settle such cases.



However, Aryal reminded that speedy settlement of case could be affected due to human resource constraint. “We have demanded a total of 35 employees, including four officers, along with some logistics support,” he added.



Along with Aryal, the government has appointed Agni Thapaliya, who is also the member of the Labor Court, as member in FET. The bench of two members of the three-member tribunal can announce final verdicts in cases even in the absence of president. The government is yet to appoint the president of FET.

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