The Metropolitan police in the UK have charged a Nepalese army officer on two counts of torture committed during the country's civil war in 2005.
The officer, Colonel Kumar Lama who is currently employed as an UN peace keeper in Sudan and visiting the UK was arrested on Thursday by Met police.
Charged with intentionally "inflicting severe pain or suffering" whilst a public official on two separate individuals during April and May 2005 at the Gorusinghe Army Barracks in Nepal, Col Lama will face trial under a UK law that allows prosecution of alleged war criminals.
He will appear before Westminster Magistrates' Court. The UK ambassador in Kathmandu was summoned in protest at Col Lama's arrest.
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