KATHMANDU, Sept 10: The chairperson of Janakpurdham Sub-Metropolitan City-24 along with the ward secretary and an office assistant have been caught red handed with a bribe of Rs 450,000.

KATHMANDU, Sept 10: The Commission for the Investigation of Abuse of Authority (CIAA) has begun probing a potential e-passport scam involving French company IDEMIA, contracted to print two million e-passports for Nepal.

KATHMANDU, Sept 9: The government is preparing to ban government employees from engaging in share trading within the office during office hours.

KATHMANDU, Aug 22: Yubraj Safal has lodged a complaint against Foreign Minister Dr Arzu Rana Deuba at the Commission for the Investigation of Abuse of Authority (CIAA).

Earlier, I summarized anti-corruption law reform issues (7 May 2023, MyRepublica). With the tabling of the bills in the parliament and discussion within the State Affairs and Good Governance Committee, the debate is in a full swing.

KATHMANDU, Aug 12: The State Affairs Committee (SAC) under the House of Representatives has summoned Home Minister Ramesh Lekhak, Chief Secretary Lila Devi Gadtaula, and the chief commissioner of the Commission for the Investigation of Abuse of Authority (CIAA), Prem Kumar Rai, for a discussion.

KATHMANDU, Aug 7: The Commission for the Investigation of Abuse of Authority (CIAA) has directed officials and employees who failed to submit their property details within the deadline to pay a fine of Rs 5,000.

KATHMANDU, July 20: The Commission for the Investigation of Abuse of Authority (CIAA) is investigating MPs from the ruling party. Specifically, the CIAA is investigating policy decisions made by CPN-UML MP Mahesh Basnet in the past.

KATHMANDU, July 12: The Commission for the Investigation of Abuse of Authority (CIAA) has arrested Sanjiv Kumar Yadav, a surveyor at the Survey Office in Lagankhel, Lalitpur, for accepting a bribe of Rs 400,000.

KATHMANDU, July 8: The Commission for the Investigation of Abuse of Authority (CIAA) has filed a case against Sangita Kumari Sah, an eighth-level employee of Homeopathic Medicine at Mahottari Provincial Ayurveda and Alternative Hospital, on the charge of obtaining her appointment letter by submitting a fake certificate.

KATHMANDU, July 7: The 33rd Annual Report of the Commission for the Investigation of Abuse of Authority (FY 2023-24) has been presented in the House of Representatives.

KATHMANDU, July 4: The Commission for the Investigation of Abuse of Authority (CIAA) has summoned Chiribabu Maharjan, Mayor of Lalitpur Metropolitan City.

Park and survey officials are under scrutiny as they delay retrieving government land from the industry under influence

KATHMANDU, June 23: “It took a year to investigate, but the court released the accused within a few days. We were required to see if there is any loophole in cases that are presented before the court,” said a Commissioner of the Commission for the Investigation of Abuse of Authority (CIAA) in an informal talk session. As stated by the commissioner, the CIAA has been forced to appeal in every case filed at the Special Court.

KATHMANDU, June 23:  The Commission for the Investigation of Abuse of Authority (CIAA) has filed a corruption case against 12 individuals, including Chief Secretary Dr Baikuntha Aryal.

KATHMANDU, June 19: The Commission for the Investigation of Abuse of Authority (CIAA) has initiated an investigation against Defense Secretary Kiran Raj Sharma over allegations of holding a foreign Permanent Residency (PR) card.

KATHMANDU, June 13: The Commission for the Investigation of Abuse of Authority (CIAA) has instructed the government to immediately investigate the issue of Members of Parliament (MPs), civil servants, and public officials holding foreign citizenship and residence permits.

KATHMANDU, June 11: The Commission for the Investigation of Abuse of Authority (CIAA) has directed the government to immediately investigate whether Members of Parliament (MPs), civil servants and public office holders have obtained foreign citizenships and residence permits. The CIAA issued this instruction after people holding public positions were found to have foreign citizenship and residence permits.

KATHMANDU, June 11: The Commission for Investigation of Abuse of Authority (CIAA) has filed a graft case against 14 individuals, including the former Chairman of Nawarajpur Rural Municipality, Bishwo Mohan Prasad Yadav, and Vice Chairman Shobha Kumari Yadav. The case was filed on Monday in the Special Court.

KATHMANDU, June 9: Local governments have become the most corruption-prone entities among the three tiers of government. Reports from the Auditor General and the Commission for the Investigation of Abuse of Authority (CIAA) indicate that local governments are increasingly evolving into hotbeds of corruption.

KATHMANDU, May 24: Recent reports reveal that bribe money was paid and deposited in foreign banks involving Dilliram Adhikari, the former managing director (MD) of Nepal Telecom. It has been discovered that Adhikari accepted bribes in dollars under his wife Indu Dhakal's name. A voucher indicates that Japan's Ocean Technology Limited sent $2,924 as a bribe every month.

KATHMANDU, May 19: The Commission for the Investigation of Abuse of Authority (CIAA) has filed a corruption case in the Special Court against former chief of the Land Revenue Office, Tikapur, Mohan Snehi Rasaili, and non-gazetted first class officer Agni Bahadur Shahi on charge of misusing their position and embezzling Rs 246.97 million.

KATHMANDU, May 14: All individuals holding positions at public offices are required to submit the details of the property they and their family members own to the designated authority within 60 days of assuming office and annually thereafter.

KATHMANDU, May 12: The Commission for the Investigation of Abuse of Authority (CIAA) has decided to file a case concluding that there was corruption in the purchase of equipment at the Security Printing Center.

KATHMANDU, May 9: A corruption case has been filed against 12 people including Mayor Suresh Sah Sonar, Deputy Mayor Roshan Khatun and the then chief administrative officer (CAO) Mitra Lal Dhakal of Jaleswar Municipality in Mahottari.

KATHMANDU, April 24: A technical employee, who was recommended for action by the investigation committee’s report formed by the Department of Transport Management (DoTM) for being implicated in the distribution of a fake license, has been transferred to the Commission for the Investigation of Abuse of Authority (CIAA), the constitutional anti-corruption watchdog.

KATHMANDU, April 21:  The Commission for the Investigation of Abuse of Authority (CIAA) has decided to file a corruption case against Sunil Paudel, the suspended managing director of Nepal Telecom, on the charge of illegal wealth acquisition.

KATHMANDU, April 21: The Commission for the Investigation of Abuse of Authority (CIAA) is going to file a corruption case against the suspended executive director of Security Printing Center, Bikal Paudel.

POKHARA, April 17: One more engineer has been arrested in connection with a bribery case while issuing a certificate of completion of building construction from Pokhara Metropolitan City.

KATHMANDU, April 16: The Commission for the Investigation of Abuse of Authority (CIAA) has filed cases against five individuals, including the former chief of the Social Development Office in Dolpa.

KATHMANDU, April 5: The Ministry of Education, Science and Technology (MoEST) has sent a formal letter to the Commission for the Investigation of Abuse of Authority (CIAA) to probe medical sector irregularities outlined in the Medical Education Investigation Commission-2074 BS report.

KATHMANDU, April 14: The Commission for the Investigation of Abuse of Authority (CIAA) has summoned Nepali Congress lawmaker and industrialist Binod Chaudhary for questioning regarding the illegal registration of land previously owned by Bansbari Leather and Shoe Factory. The land was transferred to the name of a private entity, the Chaudhary Group, highlighting a legal investigation.

KATHMANDU, April 10: Bharat Kumar Thapa, the mayor of Bagmati Municipality in Sarlahi, is facing corruption allegations after a case was lodged against him.

KATHMANDU, April 9: About 201 civil servants across the country have been suspended for various reasons. As per the existing legal provisions, the accused civil servants are automatically suspended after a case is filed at the Special Court by the Commission for the Investigation of Abuse of Authority (CIAA) against them.

KATHMANDU, April 4: The Commission for the Investigation of Abuse of Authority (CIAA) on Thursday filed a case at the Special Court against the persons involved in purchasing two wide-body aircraft in the past.

KATHMANDU, April 4: The Commission for the Investigation of Abuse of Authority (CIAA) has taken a statement from Civil Aviation Authority of Nepal (CAAN)’s Director General Pradeep Adhikari on the allegation of irregularities in the contract of Pokhara Regional International Airport (PRIA).

KATHMANDU, March 31: The Special Court has allowed the Commission for the Investigation of Abuse of Authority (CIAA) to detain the suspended managing director of Nepal Telecom, Sunil Paudel, and the suspended executive director of the Security Printing Center, Bikal Paudel, arrested on charges of illegal acquisition of wealth to be detained for 21 days for further investigation.

KATHMANDU, March 28: The Commission for the Investigation of Abuse of Authority (CIAA) has filed a corruption case against 20 people over irregularities in the purchase of the Mobile Device Management System (MDMS).

KATHMANDU, March 21: The Commission for the Investigation of Abuse of Authority (CIAA) has filed a case against a section officer who registered government land in the name of an individual.

KATHMANDU, March 20: The Commission for the Investigation of Abuse of Authority (CIAA) has initiated an inquiry and has asked for payment details on the suspicion of financial irregularities amounting to billions of rupees in connection with the embossed number plate contract.

KATHMANDU, March 17: The Commission for the Investigation of Abuse of Authority (CIAA) has lodged an appeal with the Supreme Court (SC) asserting that the then executive director of Nepal Oil Corporation (NOC), Gopal Khadka, had received insufficient punishment.

KATHMANDU, March 5: The Commission for Investigation of Abuse of Authority (CIAA) filed a case in the Special Court on Monday against several individuals including the former head of the District Technical Office, Mugu, on charges of corruption related to irrigation projects.

KATHMANDU, Feb 28: The Public Accounts Committee of the House of Representatives has directed the Commission for the Investigation of Abuse of Authority (CIAA) to expedite investigations into major corruption cases.

KATHMANDU, Feb 20: The Commission for the Investigation of Abuse of Authority (CIAA) has filed a corruption case against 19 individuals, including eight forest officers from Kapilvastu, accusing them of corruption by exceeding the permitted amount of tree cutting.

KATHMANDU, Feb 18: The Commission for the Investigation of Abuse of Authority (CIAA) has filed a corruption case against 18 individuals, including three former secretaries, in relation to the Melamchi Water Supply Project.

KATHMANDU, Feb 14: The Special Court has remanded the suspended Managing Director of Nepal Telecom, Sunil Paudel, and suspended Executive Director of Security Printing Centre, Bikal Poudel, for 10 more days for further investigation.

KATHMANDU, Feb 12: The government’s commitment to maintain good governance in public administration looks good just on paper, while the Commission for the Investigation of the Abuse of Authority (CIAA) has painted a bleak picture of reality – pointing out a large number of flaws in the working mechanism at various government levels.

KATHMANDU, Feb 11: President Ram Chandra Paudel has called for political resolution to curb corruption.

KATHMANDU, Feb 10: Health Minister Mohan Bahadur Basnet, who is involved in the procurement of Telecommunication Traffic Monitoring and Fraud Control System (TERAMOCS) of Nepal Telecommunication Authority (NTA), has given his statement to the Commission for Investigation of Abuse of Authority (CIAA).

KATHMANDU, Feb 8: The Special Court has granted permission to the Commission for the Investigation of Abuse of Authority (CIAA) to detain the suspended managing director of Nepal Telecom, Sunil Paudel, and the suspended executive director of the Security Printing Center, Bikal Paudel, for seven more days. This is the third time that the court has extended their detention.