Eastern Development Region

Human rights advocates, including Naveed Walter and Pastor Amjad Niamat, emphasized that mere accusations do not justify mob justice.

[upbeat music] Police in Eastern Nepal have raided a Christian-run college and arrested twenty-four South Korean nationals following a complaint about alleged illegal missionary activities.

The tourists were detained on 9 October during a theological gathering at the Nepal New Covenant College in the Morang District, near the Indian border.

Morang District Police Chief Kabir Katwal explained that the South Koreans violated tourist visa regulations and are now being held at the Department of Immigration in Kathmandu for further investigation.