UPDATE MMC DEFEATS BANSBARI IN FOOTBALL LEAGUE Kathmandu, 4 Jan.: MMC Friday defeated Bansbari in the martyrs memorial A division football league championship 4.2. nnnn NEPAL ARMY CONFIRMS PEACEKEEPER ASSIGNED TO SUDAN ARRESTED Kathmandu, 4 Jan.: : Nepalese Army has confirmed that Colonel Kumar Lama assigned on a peacekeeping duty in Sudan was arrested in Britain.It is said that Lama was in Britain on a holiday when he was arrested by the authorities there. Army spokesman Suresh Sharma said that they have received verbal and written information on Lama´s arrest. Sharma said the Army Headquarters has already issued directives to the military attaché at the Nepalese Embassy in London, Bishwanath Ghimire, to give details on the issue. • NA Colonel Held In UK On Torture Suspicion The British police stated that Lama was arrested on Thursday on the charge of torturing the prisoners of war during the armed conflict in Nepal. The criminal law of Great Britain has provisions for arresting individuals torturing the prisoners of war. The government is preparing to hold a news conference later today on this topic Nnnn PRESIDENT RECEIVES MEMO FROM UML YOUTH WING Kathmandu, 4 Jan:: The Youth Association Nepal (YAN), a sister organisation of the CPN-UML, on Friday submitted a memorandum to President Dr. Ram Baran Yadav, RSS reports.. Office-bearers of the YAN, including chairman Mahesh Basnet, reached the Presidential Palace, Sheetal Niwas, and urged the President to fulfill a more decisive role for a political outlet, noting that the role from the post of patron of the constitution played by him is balanced and transparent. They also urged the President to bring all political parties, represented in the Constituent Assembly (CA) to consensus for holding local and national election within mid-May through the formation of a national consensus government among them. Responding to a query, Chairman Basnet said they have urged the President on behalf of Nepali youth to take positive and decisive step for political and constitutional outlet. The memorandum states that they will be compelled to launch a strong movement against the government if the government refuses to go and political uncertainty continues. Nnnn