Lamak_98 I don't know this for sure, but I doubt the Khetans enjoy diplomatic immunity on account of MGK's being Turkish consul in Nepal. Even if he does, we can easily change the laws to make sure that national laws trump his so-called diplomatic immunity. ********* This remainded me of an online discussion I had had 10 years ago, with Rupesh Pradhan, N Sherpa, Joel and others on the Usenet group soc.culture.nepal Here's a brilliant extract from Rupesh ******************* "I strongly believe that Marwaris have lived in, worked for, have interest in Nepal enough that it does not make sense to treat them as foreigners anymore. You may disagree, you may agree. No matter. That is besides the point. The point, however, is: isn't it time for us to start doing something ourselves instead of bitching about the success of marwaris? As Ashu said "maday bashing" is just a leitmotif for our own economic failures. Now Mr Sherpa wants protection for Nepali businessmen! Protection against what? I wonder. Excuses, excuses! When will we learn, when will we learn? Just to add to this discussion on successful entrepreneurs versus the rest of us: The Tibetian refugees who came to Nepal just a generation ago have also shown remarkable economic prosperity compared to the rest of the country. They had less to start off with, they were victims of foreign aggression in their own country. If anyone is a foreigner in Nepal, it is these tibetian refugees. Yet they have come to our country, worked hard and, in general, made more fortune than the rest of us who have lived there for centuries. Now it seems it is the turn of the Kashmiris. How come it is always the foreigners who come to Nepal and make progress (even without any sort of protection against predatory competitors that Mr Sherpa seems to be so afraid of)? Does that say anything about the "natives" --whoever they are? Of course the truth would hurt our Gorkhe pride. Rupesh For more: -http://groups.google.com/group/soc.culture.nepal/tree/browse_frm/month/1997-11?_done=%2Fgroup%2Fsoc.culture.nepal%2Fbrowse_frm%2Fmonth%2F1997-11%3F&