[Itpolicy-np] Maoist party has information that the Indian embassy, the US embassy and the Nepal Army (NA) were involved in tapping phones of important political leaders.

[Bipin Gautam]

Audiotape could be genuine: UCPN (Maoist)

Background: http://ns.lahai.com/pipermail/itpolicy-np/2008-December/000464.html

Summary: According to Sharma, the Maoist party has information that
the Indian embassy, the US embassy and the Nepal Army (NA) were
involved in tapping phones of important political leaders.

(Source : http://www.myrepublica.com/portal/index.php?action=news_details&news_id=23234)
KATHMANDU, Sept 13: In its first official reaction to the
controversial audiotape scandal allegedly involving Maoist leader
Krishna Bahadur Mahara and a Chinese official, the UCPN (Maoist) has
said the tape could be genuine but asserted that tapping phone lines
of political leaders is an attack on national security and violation
of individual´s right to secrecy.

"It may be genuine, and it may not be. But the episode reveals the
status of our national security and individual´s right to secrecy,"
said Maoist spokesperson Dinanath Sharma after the conclusion of the
party Central Committee (CC) meeting on Sunday.
"It is a serious issue as the phone tapping incident has highlighted
the extent of direct interference in our internal national security by
foreign powers," he added.

...

Sharma argued that instead of questioning the authenticity of the
tape, the incident should rather attract people´s attention as
telephone conversations of political leaders are being recorded with
malicious intentions and made public at sensitive times.