Anonymous sources in newspapers of February 2

South Asia Check / February 3, 2016

Kantipur report headlined “Cases filed against 11 including Onta” by Krishna Gyawali datelined Kathmandu has quoted an unnamed source from the Commission for the Investigation of Abuse of Authority.

Kantipur report headlined “Knot gets complicated” by Basanta Basnet datelined Kathmandu has quoted an unnamed source and another leader from the United Democratic Madhesi Front.

Annapurna Post report headlined “Nitish and Lalu support Morcha” by Chiranjivi Dhungana datelined Kathmandu has quoted an unnamed source. Morcha refers to the United Democratic Madhesi Front.

Nagarik report headlined “Chairman Joshi resigns” by Rudra Pangeni datelined Kathmandu has quoted an unnamed source from Nepal Purwadhar Bikash Company Limited and another official from the company.

Republica report headlined “Malaysia officials helping with faked Nepal MRPs” written by Shreejana Shrestha datelined Kathmandu quotes an unnamed official from Department of Immigration. MRPs are machine-readable passports.

 

 

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