Nepal Requires Pocketless Uniform On Airport Workers To Stop Bribe-Taking

June 30, 2009 1:22 p.m. EST

Kathmandu, Nepal (AHN) - Nepal's airport workers have been accused of taking bribes from travelers prompting the government to require them to wear uniform without pockets to stop the malpractice.

The anti-corruption agency Commission for the Investigation of Abuse of Authority (CIAA) has directed the ministry of civil aviation to implement the new uniform policy as soon as possible after it learned of the widespread corruption at Kathmandu's Tribhuvan International Airport.

"We believe this will help curb the irregularities," CIAA spokesman Ishwori Prasad Paudyal told Agence France-Presse.