Nepal: UCPN (Maoist) uses seized land for oppressed people and cadre

This article was published on eKantipur.com. Thanks to Comrade Alastair for posting it on RevLeft.

Seized land yet to be returned

GANESH CHAUDHARY TIKAPUR, Aug 20 – Supporters of the UCPN (Maoist) are yet to return to the rightful owners the land and houses they seized in Kailali district during the decade-long insurgency, despite the Maoist leadership’s oft-repeated commitment to the handover of the captured assets. Statistics of the District Administration Office, Kailali, show that Maoist activists captured land and houses of 430 individuals in the district during the insurgency.

Poor people and families of Maoist fighters killed during the insurgency have been making use of the assets.

The rightful owners say they have not been able to get back their land and houses because of district-level Maoist leaders.