Lamichhane seeks to discuss GB Rai with Malaysia minister

Foreign ministry sitting on home minister’s request fearing he may influence the fugitive’s deportation, says source.

Deputy Prime Minister and Minister for Home Affairs Rabi Lamichhane has written to the Ministry of Foreign Affairs expressing his intent to speak with his Malaysian counterpart, Saifuddin Nasution Ismail, regarding Gitendra Babu Rai, a main suspect in the large-scale embezzlement of cooperative funds who is said to be hiding in the East Asian country.