Foreign Minister Discusses Stranded Body Issue
Kathmandu. Foreign Minister Shishir Khanal said that there is a problem in bringing the body of Santosh Rai, who died in Cambodia, to Nepal. Rai, 42, a resident of Dhunibeshi Municipality-9, Dhading, had gone to Cambodia illegally via India last August. However, he died on April 29 at Kalmet Hospital during treatment due to 'hemorrhagic stroke' cerebral hemorrhage.
The wife of the deceased, Junu Rai, had appealed for help, stating that the body could not be brought to Nepal due to poor economic condition and legal complications.
Regarding this matter, Ratopati had informed Foreign Minister Khanal. In response, he said that the body is being facilitated to be brought to Nepal through the Ministry of Foreign Affairs, but problems are arising because he went illegally.
'The Ministry of Foreign Affairs has been facilitating this since the day before yesterday. There is no separate fund in the Ministry of Foreign Affairs for such matters. If one had gone with a valid labor permit, it would have been covered by the Foreign Employment Fund. In the case of going illegally on a visit visa, the Government of Nepal does not have any fund arrangement yet. It is usually done with the help of the family or NRN, and help has been sought from NRN at the moment,' he said.
The family of the deceased is in further distress as Rai's body has been stranded in a Cambodian hospital for 6 days. The Nepali Embassy in Thailand, which also oversees Cambodia, stated that this incident occurred just as preparations were being made to send Rai back home on April 30, after getting a waiver for the 'overstay fine' from the Cambodian government for staying in Cambodia beyond his visa period.
The embassy had informed the Ministry of Foreign Affairs about this while he was ill.
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