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The Independent UK
The Independent UK
National
Binaj Gurubacharya

Nepal charges dozens and says corruption inflated an airport's costs by $74 million

Nepal Corruption - (Copyright 2025 The Associated Press. All rights reserved.)

Former Nepali ministers, officials and a Chinese company were charged with corruption over financial irregularities during the construction of an international airport.

The Commission for Investigation of Abuse of Authority filed on Sunday cases against 55 people and the China CAMC Engineering Company Limited, one of the biggest such cases in the Himalayan nation, accusing them of inflating construction expenses by more than $74 million. It remains unclear when the hearing will begin.

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