Kathmandu,
Nov. 7: The Office of the Prime Minister and Council of Ministers (OPMCM) has
denied making public a report of a judicial commission on the probe of
property. The commission was formed under the coordination of then Supreme
Court Justice Bhairav Prasad Lamsal by then His Majesty's Government.
Information
Officer and Under Secretary at the OPMCM Shankar KC informed the information
seekers that the report could not be made public reasoning it would jeopardize
personal privacy, life, property, health and security.
Senior
journalist Taranath Dahal and Sanjeev Ghimire, on October 11, 2012 had sought
information with OPMCM on behalf of the RTI Support Centre of Freedom Forum in
line with clause 3 Right to Information Act 2007.
After
the denial of the information, the information seekers have demanded the
information with Chief Secretary of Nepal Government about the report reasoning
they have rights to get the information.
The
information seekers Dahal and Ghimire have argued that the probe report
submitted to the concerned body a decade back has already been a matter of
public concern. Such report could help make governance transparent, they added.
In the complaint made to the Chief Secretary, they
further argued that Information Officer KC's decision to deny information was
against law. Saying he intentionally hid the information, Mr Dahal and Ghimire
demanded departmental action on Information Officer KC.
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