Seven farmers were killed in the remote northern district of Manang in June 2009 after going to forage for Yarchagumba, a rareparasitic plant that is a major source of income for many Himalayan communities.
The accused claimed the farmers died accidentally when a fight broke out over the right to harvest the plant, which is in particular demand in China where a kilogramme can fetch tens of thousands of dollars.
The valley near the border with China where the victims went missing in June 2009 is among the most remote parts of Nepal, and it was several weeks before authorities learned of the deaths.
"Six have been found guilty of murder," Shambhu Baral, a court registrar at Manang District Court told AFP, adding that they had been given 20-year sentences.
"A group of 13 have been sentenced to two years in jail, but they have already spent their time in custody," he added.
"Evidence showed that the six were directly involved in the murder while the rest had provided indirect help. Another 21 defendants have been declared innocent," he said.
The court, which is a two day walk from the nearest road, has had to delay the verdict more than a dozen times due to absent judges and lawyers.
Local authorities say police had to walk for days to reach the area where the bodies of the seven men were discovered.
They initially arrested the entire village, but later released the women and children.
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46Please sign in to rate!Please sign in to rate!1Deepwater • Tijuana, Mexico • 5 hours ago8 Replies
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BINFORD • Lima, United States •
Dear DEEP,
See which side of your shorts are stained.
Yellow stains in front is one thing and brown stains in back is another.... More -
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Eldo Rado
To fix that, you do the switch, Stick one finger up your aas and another down your throat, then switch fingers...
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LansingMI • Jackson, United States •
Because if anyone needs to have more sex, it's the Chinese.
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Oldsarge • Knoxville, United States •
I like the claim that 6 people "accidentally" died in a fight. That's a good one.
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Mr Gil 92056 • Vista, United States •
Now is going to be abit easier finding the killer walking around town with a huge bonner in his fiesta pants. LOOOOK!! 8=======0 he is.
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Shawn • Syracuse, United States •
#$%$ china ate all the rhinos and now looking for anything that will make their junk grow
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Bike • Toa Alta, United States •
Selling Adv: "If you use Yarshagumba, you will get an erection as big as China"
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William X • Islip, United States •
It's not a plant, it's a fungus called "Cordyceps" that grows inside a catepillar- please correct the article!
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Cheffery • Wichita, United States •
One more piece of evidence of what a bunch of buffoons the chinese people are. Rhino horns, bear gall bladders, tiger bones and now Yarchagumba. The list goes on and on. If it comes from a rare, exotic or threatened species, the gullible and superstitious chinese will pay out the butt for it. They... More
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