Maoists treat kidnap victims `nicely'

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AFP , CHAIMALE, NEPAL
Saturday, Jul 24, 2004,Page 5

Nepalese students, recounting their abduction by Maoist rebels, say the militants treated them well and wanted to hear their views -- even if they were critical of rebel actions.

But the 84 students and 36 teachers, freed on Tuesday after being kidnapped last weekend from a village near the capital Kathmandu by rebels accused of atrocities, said it was still a frightening ordeal.

Ramila Acharya, 15, said she was terrified when armed rebels, who have been waging an increasingly deadly war to topple the constitutional monarchy, barged into their school in Chaimale and told them they were taking them away to teach the students "what a `people's republic' meant."

http://www.taipeitimes.com/News/world/archives/2004/07/24/2003180223

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1. What a contrast in attitudes!

I don't like to make generalizations, but could the contrast be more obvious?

Maoist captors: "They listened to us and our grievances against them. Then they explained to us about a people's republic and criticized the political parties of Nepal and the king," he said. "They said we would be welcome to join their party anytime."

Capitalist captors: "Then, four soldiers raped me sadistically and I lost conscience. Later, she forced me to watch a clip of my raping, saying bluntly: ‘Your were born to give us pleasure’."

This hurts.

:cry: