Nepal arrests four medical service providers as Malaysia recruitment row deepens

Police accuse them of collecting an unauthorised biomedical fee from migrant workers, while labour ministry officials say a bilateral technical committee had approved the charge. The foreign ministry had urged a diplomatic solution.

Nepal’s Central Investigation Bureau (CIB) has arrested four health-service operators, including Kailash Khadka, president of the Nepal Health Professionals Federation, accusing them of fraud in medical examinations required for migrant workers heading to Malaysia. Police also arrested Rabindra KC, Pravin Tiwari and Ram Pukar Tiwari.