Nepal’s anti-graft watchdog has filed one of the largest corruption cases in the country’s history, charging 55 individuals and a Chinese construction firm over alleged massive financial irregularities in the construction of the China-funded Pokhara International Airport. The case was lodged at the Special Court on Sunday, as per reports in The Kathmandu Post.

According to the Kathmandu Post, the Commission for Investigation of Abuse of Authority (CIAA) has accused former ministers, top bureaucrats, Civil Aviation Authority of Nepal (CAAN) officials, university professors, and executives of China CAMC Engineering Co Ltd of artificially inflating project costs. Each of the 56 defendants has been asked to compensate Rs 8.36 billion, which the CIAA says represents losses caused by manipulati

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