Protest staged against MCC in front of US Embassy, scores arrested

The US Embassy in Kathmandu.

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Kathmandu: Police on Friday arrested campaigners protesting in front of the US Embassy in Kathmandu against the Millennium Challenge Corporation (MCC).

Police said that they have arrested scores of protesters. They have been kept at Metropolitan Police Circle, Maharajgunj.

Spokesperson at Metropolitan Police Range, Kathmandu SP Ramesh Basnet said that they were rounded up for protesting at a ‘sensitive’ area.