Bhutanese leader-in-exile pens book
Bhutanese leader-in-exile pens book
Published: 05:03 am Nov 04, 2009
KATHMANDU: Constituent Assembly chairman Subash Chandra Nembang today expressed his solidarity to the ongoing Bhutanese refugee movement in Nepal. Launching a book ‘Torture Killing Me Softly’ by the renowned Bhutanese leader, Tek Nath Rijal, Nembang said, “We can’t express the pain and suffering undergone by refugees in words and mimes. I highly appreciate the movement led by Tek Nath Rijal for resettlement of the refugees in their home land as well as express my solidarity.” Leader Rijal was imprisoned by the Bhutan’s government for more than ten years. It has been stated in the book that the government has severely tortured him mentally and physically in the prison and he was merely dead. “I can’t express everything verbally so I wrote a book,” said Tek Nath Rijal.This is his third book. The security expert and Constituent Assembly member Prof.Dr. Indarajit Rai who wrote the preface of the book said, “I swear my eyes were full of tears while reading the book and it’s a best example of the cruelty of the autocrats of Bhutan which has to be condemned by everyone.” Rai further added, “I learned that the electromagnetic mind control technique which can take full control of the person’s body and mind permanently was practiced by the Bhutanese government on Rijal during the imprisonment which made his life abnormal till now.” Speakers blamed the Indian government for playing foul in the case of Bhutanese refugees. “It is shameful that the world’s largest democratic country India is with the world’s most cruel autocrats of Bhutan,” said Anada Sworup Verma, Senior Journalist from India. He further added, “It’s futile to think about returning journey of Bhutanese refugee to Bhutan without the help of the Indian Government”. There are more than one hundred thousand Bhutanese refugees and in past few months more than ten thousand has been reported to be settled in third country like America and Europe. Speakers on the occasion warned that if the governments of Bhutan, Nepal and India fail to address the problem soon then the frustrated young refugees could come up with the idea of armed revolution which would not be beneficial for anyone.