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Nepal summons UK ambassador over torture suspect arrest Nepal's Colonel Kumar Lama charged in UK with torture
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The Nepalese government has summoned the UK ambassador in Kathmandu in protest at the arrest of a Nepalese man in Britain over allegations of torture. A Nepalese man has been charged in the UK with two counts of torture during his country's civil war in 2005.
The man was named by Nepali officials as Col Kumar Lama, a serving member of Nepal's national army who was visiting the UK. Colonel Kumar Lama faces a British trial under a law that allows prosecution of alleged war criminals.
He is accused of committing crimes during Nepal's civil war in 2005, in which more than 16,000 people died. The 46-year-old officer, currently seconded to the UN, was arrested in East Sussex, England, by Metropolitan Police officers on Thursday.
His arrest led to the Nepalese government summoning Britain's ambassador in Kathmandu to protest.
Colonel Lama is currently employed as a UN peace keeper in Sudan, but was visiting the UK when he was arrested.
He was arrested in St Leonards-on-Sea after the Metropolitan Police investigated information supplied by a third party in the UK relating to allegations of torture.
Detectives with specialist experience of war crimes arrested the officer under Section 134 of the Criminal Justice Act, a law that defines torture as a "universal jurisdiction" crime. This means that suspects can face trial before a British court even if their alleged offences had nothing to do with the UK.
He is accused of committing crimes in 2005 during Nepal's civil war, in which more than 16,000 people died.
The decade-long war, which ended in 2006, generated allegations of human rights atrocities against both the army and Maoist rebels.
Nepal says Britain is breaching its sovereignty by carrying out the arrest.Nepal says Britain is breaching its sovereignty by carrying out the arrest.
Metropolitan Police officers arrested the 46-year-old man in St Leonards-on-Sea, East Sussex, on Thursday. Narayan Kaji Shrestha, the country's foreign minister, said: "The arrest of Lama, who has been serving in the United Nations mission in Sudan, without informing the concerned government and without any evidence, is against the general principle of international law and jurisdiction of a sovereign country.
Foreign Minister Narayan Kaji Shrestha told reporters in Kathmandu: "We express strong objection to this mistake and urge that it be corrected." "We express strong objection to this mistake and urge that it be corrected... and Lama be released."
Nepal's decade-long civil war, which ended in 2006, generated allegations of human rights atrocities against both the army and Maoist rebels.