Twelve Nepalese men were remanded to prison yesterday after being arraigned before Magistrate Ann McLennan for allegedly departing Guyana illegally after vacationing here.
The charge against Nebrew Sherpa, Shankar Shapota, Benod Jeshe, Prakesh Adi-Khan, Tengi Sherpa, Tengi Cherping, Seetang Goorung, Danraj Timsena, Villey Pouden, Kunjab Guruaging, Cunja Goorung and Prakesh Nipali is that on November 15, at Charity, Essequibo, they departed Guyana without presenting themselves to an immigration officer.
The unrepresented men, through an interpreter, denied the charge when it was read to them.
The jointly-charged men gave their country of origin as Nepal,
