A Singaporean woman reveals plans to enthrone 'baby king' in Nepal
Singapore based tabloid The New Paper which carried exclusive interviews with former crown prince of Nepal Paras Shah in three editions Sunday to Tuesday has run yet another sensational story - plans to revive monarchy of a Singaporean woman who claims to have high influences in Nepal's politics.
Angella Cheng, who claims former King Gyanendra Shah gave up his throne after she made a strategic call to the erstwhile Prime Minister Girija Prasad Koirala, has revealed her plans to coax Prime Minister and the Maoist Supremo Prachanda to enthrone Hridayendra Bir Bikram Shah Dev, the grandson of the former king and son of Paras Shah.
The New Paper reports, Ms Cheng, 45, plans to visit Nepal during Deepavali in October and seek an audience with prime minister Pushpa Kamal Dahal (alias Prachanda), during which she will offer him a plan which she thinks will unite the country.
'I will propose that we reinstate the monarchy, with the grandson of King Gyanendra, 6-year-old Hridayendra Bir Bikram Shah Dev, as king. He will not have executive power but will be more of a figurehead, and assigned the role of doing social work.'
Cheng said Hridayendra Bir Bikram Shah Dev-dubbed 'baby king' by some political leaders in Nepal would be a better choice to be the king compared to former Crown Prince Paras Shah as the latter is not popular with the people, having, as he himself has admitted, made too many mistakes to inherit the royal mantle.
Cheng plans to decoy Prachanda government with a package of infrastructural development in Nepal.
The Singaporean believes her suggestion will bear fruit as she has two bargaining chips to persuade the Prachanda government to accept the return of the monarchy.
One, the country is in dire need of infrastructural development. An architect by training and fluent in Nepali and Mandarin, she is accompanying the Prachanda government to China to have discussions with the Chinese government on starting a number of major infrastructural projects in Nepal.
Two, through some close contacts in the Japanese government, Ms Cheng is also trying to persuade Japan to undertake some similar infrastructural projects in Nepal.
Cheng, who is involved in various social works in Nepal and Singapore, has claimed she wants to rescue Nepal out of its difficult situation. Now, Nepal is facing perhaps its most difficult time. Revenue from tourism, its main income earner, is falling as visitors are staying away because of the global recession.
The country is also plagued by shortages of all sorts and daily blackouts.
Ms Cheng feels she has a new peace mission to play and intends to return to Nepal soon.
I have played many crucial roles in the country for the last 28 years, and the time has come for me to do my bit for the country again, Cheng says.
Cheng said she has been friends with Nepal's royalties and politicians for a long time and her influence is still strong.
I know most of the politicians, including Prime Minister Prachanda, the Maoist rebel leader turned politician, and members of the royal family since 1981, she said.
The report comes shortly after former King Gyanendra Shah's month-long visit to India, which the Maoist leaders described as a ploy to enthrone the 'baby king.'
Why Ms Angella Cheng opened up now or how credible her claims are is yet to be seen. nepalnews.com Apr 01 09
What a joke !! Omitance of Miss Cheng's fluency in English is a sure give away to this April fool joke. Most people in Singapore are not really fluent in Mandarin as English is the main language spoken in there. The writer assumes Singapore to be a Chinese country but the matter fact is that it is not. Chinese are majority but that does not make it a Chinese state. Furthermore, the government has always promoted it as a multi racial country, it is no wonder that most well informed people see it the way the governement has potrayed it to be.
Who is Miss Cheng ? She is just a fictional character.
“King Birendra and Crown Prince Deependra both had liked German weapon” Follow up on Paras’s claim over Royal Massacre reasons
By SUDHIR SHARMA
KATHMANDU, April 1 - Former Crown Prince Paras Shah has claimed that the then King Birendra and the then Crown Prince Deependra had differences over the choice of German rifle or American rifle for the Nepal Army (NA). He, one of the witnesses of the dreadful royal massacre in 2001, further claimed that the differences over the multimillion dollar arms deal instigated the crown prince to assassin his father and the rest of the family before killing himself. Is this the truth? “No,” says Bibek Kumar Shah, the army secretary at the Royal Palace at the time of massacre, “It is completely untrue to say that there was rift between King Birendra and Prince Deependra regarding the purchase of German G36 rifle.” In his interview to a Singapore daily tabloid The New Paper this week, former Crown Prince Paras had claimed that Deependra was only in favour of the G36 rifle. “But his father, His Majesty, did not agree. I know that they argued over it,” said Paras. King Birendra was in favour of American Colt M16 rifle, said Paras adding that that was one of the reasons behind the gruesome royal massacre. However, former Army Secretary Shah, who had worked with King Birendra for almost three decades, denies the claim. “Both the king and the prince had chosen German G36 after test firing,” he says. Had the G36 been imported, the NA would have got such a sophisticated weapon, which, even the Indian Army did not possess. G36 manufacturer, German Heckler & Koch (HK), had already decided to set up a factory in Nepal. “But some countries had indirectly opposed the move,” Shah said, “Underrating that, the Army Logistics Centre (ALC) had already been formed to import 5,000 sets of G36. However, in the end, weapon could not be imported.” The trend of importing weapons from third countries was broken after the massacre. According to sources, the NA was looking for a new weapon since 1998 as the older Self Loading Rifles (SLRs) brought from India in 1970-71 were too old and was not up to the standards of the UN Peace Keeping Army. A technical committee of the NA tested American M16, German G36, Korean K2, Israeli Galil, Indian INSAS and Austrian Steyr rifle. It then recommended purchasing of any among G36, M16, Galil and K2, and the palace selected the German G36. Final decision on the army issues were made by the royal palace in the past. King Birendra and Prince Deependra had performed ‘test-firing’ from the same G36 rifle inside the palace and at Nagarkot and Thankot on the purlieus of the capital and at Mustang. According to Shah, the palace had opted for G36, as it was quite robust and sophisticated though expensive ($800 per set). Shortly, the HK had put forward an attractive proposal of providing 5,000 sets immediately and rest through an ‘assembling line’ in Kathmandu. The palace instantly agreed to the proposal as foreign weapon would be produced in the country and it would cost cheaper to buy the remaining numbers (50,000 arms were required). As G36 was not popular outside the Europe, the HK had tried making Nepal its base for its new market. “They had floated the proposal to produce G36 in Nepal itself,” Shah said, “The HK had even planned to supply its weapons to Bangladesh, Sri Lanka and some other countries in south-east Asia.” Had it been successful, the weapons would have been imported from Nepal, consequently increasing its diplomatic influence to some extent.
Accordingly, preparations had been made to open a factory of HK in Sundarijal. Plans were also made to produce 5.56 mm bullets for the G36 rifle in the same place.
However, Prince Paras has claimed that crown prince Dipendra, in a bid to amass millions, had voted for G36.
“The deal would have probably been for about 50,000 rifles, which at US $454 apiece, would work out to about US $15 million,” Paras said in his recent interview.
Though they do not accept Dipendra’s involvement in this multimillion-dollar arms deal, informers speculate that commission might have been associated with the transaction of G36.
Some believe that the palace was looking to import G36 to compensate for commission of 50 million made during the purchase of two RJ100 aircraft for the NA.
RJ manufacturer, British Aerospace Department of Royal Ordnance, was the main constituent of HK, the G36 manufacturer.
Nepal’s agent for both RJ and G36 was a single man, Rohini Thapaliya.
However, the HK scrapped the G36 deal citing difficulty in getting import licence. After that, diplomatic pressure from some nations played a major role in the failure of G36 import, the informers said.
Following the failure of G36 import, the NA bought some 17,000 Colt M16 ($450 a piece) from the American army. It also bought 5,500 Belgian Minimi LMG, which resembled M16.
“Later, India sent 1,000 sets of INSAS for free for testing,” said a source.
As per the agreement, 23,000 Indian INSAS were imported to Nepal during King Gyanendra’s first visit to India after ascension to the throne in 2001.
Nepal paid 30% of the amount while 70% of the amount was accounted by Indian aid.
Former king Gyanendra Shah has started consultations with relatives from India and close aides in Nepal on strategies of enthroning the 'baby king', Nepal Samacharpatra daily reported.
Shah met three Indian relatives in presence of his close aides Pashupati Bhakta Maharjan, Dr Phanindra Raj Pathak, Madhusudhan Timilsina and Sagar Timilsina at his Nirmal Niwas residence Thursday evening.
The discussion was based on 'baby king,' the daily reports quoting Nirmal Niwas sources. The former king's aides had advised him on how he could make his grandson the king.
The identity of the relatives from India was not disclosed. Shah recently returned from a month-long visit to India where he attended a family wedding and met top Indian leaders.
Maoist leaders had dubbed the former king's India visit as a ploy to establish the 'baby king.'
Earlier this week, a previously unheard of Singaporean woman Angella Cheng claimed to have high influences in Nepal's politics and revealed her plans to enthrone the baby king. nepalnews.com Apr 04 09
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In his interview to a Singapore daily tabloid The New Paper this week, former Crown Prince Paras had claimed that Deependra was only in favour of the G36 rifle. “But his father, His Majesty, did not agree. I know that they argued over it,” said Paras. 
weapon, which, even the Indian Army did not possess. 
Final decision on the army issues were made by the royal palace in the past. King Birendra and Prince Deependra had performed ‘test-firing’ from the same G36 rifle inside the palace and at Nagarkot and Thankot on the purlieus of the capital and at Mustang. 
ed from Nepal, consequently increasing its diplomatic influence to some extent. 
