Without King, Nepal Descends into Chaos

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10:20 AM, Jun 20, 2008 • By JAIME SNEIDER

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Just one week has passed since the Maoist controlled Parliament deposed King Gyanendra, the Etonian head-of-state, and Nepal is already in the crapper. Thousands of local government workers have gone on strike in protest of a Maoist minister, who "locked up an 'errant official' in a toilet" for an hour and a half.

The official had incurred the minister's wrath for allegedly running an illegal stone mine. Striking workers said that his incarceration inside a toilet was an "inhumane and objectionable act". But the minister responded by saying that the official now knows what it is like to live in a "foul environment".

As an aside, the standoff over who would get the feathered crown concluded with poor King Gyanendra handing it over to the Commies. Perhaps Gyanendra will take some solace in that his people consider him a deity--or at least they used to.

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