http://www.tribuneindia.com/2007/20070516/world.htm#3 http://english.people.com.cn/200705/16/eng20070516_375082.html http://neilsnepal.wordpress.com/2007/05/01/photos-from-may-1st/ Statues of late kings vandalised Bishnu Budhathoki writes from Kathmandu Activists of the Young Communist League (YCL), All-Nepal National Independent Student Union (Revolutionary) and sister organisations of the Nepal’s Maoist carried out vandalism in major cities - Kathmandu, Pokhara and Nepalgunj - by demolishing over half a dozen statues of late Kings Birendra and Mahendra on Tuesday. A group of Maoist cadres demolished a statute of late King Mahendra, father of King Gyanendra, located in Kalimati. Another group of YCL activists vandalised the statue of late King Birendra at Dhamboji Chowk in Nepalgunj. Similarly, at least four statues of kings were demolished in Pokhara by YCL activists. Both the YCL and Students’ Union leaders have announced to erect the statues of martyrs in the place of the statues of the kings. Last week, YCL members had brought down the statue of late King Tribhuvan in Nepalgunj, King Birendra in Dang and King Prithivi Narayan Shah, founder King of Nepal, in Pokhara. Meanwhile, the police arrested three YCL activists from Nepalgunj on charge of involving vandalism. According to the DSP, Banke, Kuber Kathayat, Maoist activists Bhakta Singh Bohora, Kalu Pandey and Ram Kumar Gupta were arrested in connection of vandalising the statue. Likewise, activists of women association affiliated to Maoist vandalised the District Administration Office (DAO) in Kanchanpur on Tuesday afternoon following a scuffle with a police personnel.