The Informal Sector Service Center (INSEC) has urged the major political parties not to disrupt the investigation into the fake Bhutanese refugee scam. The INSEC’s demand comes at a time when there is a widespread suspicion that the major political parties will try to sabotage the investigation into the fake Bhutanese refugee case. A mandatory in-depth and impartial investigation is required to ensure Nepal’s standing in the international community.

The common people, civil society, and the Parliament, which is a sovereign representation of citizens, should play an active role to maintain accountability, during the existing distrust in the commitment of the government and national agencies against corruption, reads a statement issued by the INSEC.

“Political parties will be accountable for the impending consequences that Nepal will face, at the national and international level, if this fraudulent crime, conducted in the cohort of national apparatus, including legislators and high-ranking political figures, is not investigated minutely, ensuring prosecution to everyone involved in the crime,” the statement reads. The INSEC praised the Nepali Police and state bodies within the jurisdiction for carrying out investigation into the case.