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Inside Nepal's Fake Rescue Racket

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Post by pRusya »

kaudinya wrote: post #109
pRusya wrote: post #44

A story older than Nepal (misleading tourists). And an article from 6 months ago shows how the govt treats its own people with more examples in HN discussion. https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=45166972 What is less discussed is what happened to people who were able to identify the scam and refused to let it happen.

Since then, the govt has been overthrown by a Gen Z protest. An interim govt led the national elections and a young party led by young leaders have won 2/3 majority in the parliament. The new parliament is a radical departure in many ways. Its very hollywoodish if you happen to read the development.

Thank you for letting me know. I should definitely catch up on current state of affairs.

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datadrivenangel wrote: post #19
tomaskafka wrote: post #2

“Wasn’t the system supposed to be fixed?“ Why would it be fixed? Insurance companies aren’t willing to invest in oversight, and everyone else profit, there is no incentive for changing the system.

Nepal is a low income and high corruption country, where the government and formal business structures are unstable enough that 'tipping' becomes common even for government investigators... It's basically a way for everyone to get more tourists dollars, which is one of Nepals primary exports.

My travel health insurance lately warns of Egyptian hospitals and doctors trying to charge absurd amounts for simple procedures for tourists, and pressuring them to pay, arguing they can get it back from their insurance. Similar story.
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