The Prime Minister Pushpa Kamal Dahal officially inaugurated the INTERPOL 23rd Asian Regional Conference.  The conference is schedule for 3 days starting from today till 20th January at Hotel Hyatt Regency.

Nepal is hosting the event after 27 years which will be participated by representatives of  53 countries across Asia and the South Pacific region. the conference will highlight transnational crimes such as drug trafficking, human trafficking, ATM frauds, Terrorism, cyber crime, financial crimes, environmental security, and counterfeit currencies, e-gambling, wildlife among others.

The BBC News in 2003 quotes, ” The international police agency, Interpol, has issued arrest warrants for 11 top Nepalese rebels. They include the Maoist rebel leader, Prachanda, his second-in-command, Baburam Bhattarai, and spokesman Krishna Bahadur Mahara. More than 8,000 people have died in the Maoists’ eight-year insurrection aimed at replacing the Himalayan kingdom’s monarchy with a communist republic.”

There has been a-lot of speculation especially from the victims and human rights community about Prachanda’s inaugurating the conference as he has been termed responsible for the civil war of Nepal which resulted in the death of more than 18,000 Nepalese.