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Nepal's former parliament speaker acquitted of rape charges

| February 17, 2020 2:30 AM

KATHMANDU, Nepal (AP) — A court in Nepal acquitted on Monday the former speaker of parliament on charges he raped a government worker at her home while he was intoxicated last year.

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