Inside Nepal's Intense Anti-Corruption Protest and Parliament Fire

The whole building is burned through. Holy [ __ ] [Applause]

Why did everybody just run? Uh people police are people are like doing something

hitting each other. Not eating but they might hit. So we are running now. We are on still

on protest. Better you leave from this way. Okay. Yeah. Okay.

Your safety is our concern. Excuse me. This is insane.

I should not be here. All right. So, I've just parked my bike there and we're going back to where

everybody ran away. [Applause] It's the type of stuff that really does

make your hair stand on end. I think it's supposed to get bigger today as well. I'm not sure. We'll go ask some

questions of some people. Hello, brother. How are you? I can't shake your hand, but nice to meet you.

What's your name? Can't hear. Okay. [Applause]

Everybody run up this way for some reason. Let's go see what's going on.

Why are we running this way? Actually, one man throws thrown in the middle of the nowhere. So that's why

Oh [ __ ] I can't quite believe what I'm witnessing right now. They're all

hitting this guy, I think, because he threw a stone. He hit someone else.

Tensions are high. That was a gunshot that just went off. That's another gunshot.

Look at them pushing that over over there. More gunshots in the air. Oh [ __ ] He's just put off some gas over

this way. Bollocks. Oh [ __ ] Sorry, dude.

There's some more cans being thrown this way. [ __ ] hell. Wow. That [ __ ] really

gets in your eyes. [ __ ] man. [ __ ] hell.

[Applause] Yeah. [ __ ] me, dude. I've never witnessed

anything like it there. Chucking the tear gas on the side. My eyes are watering. You can feel it going up your

nose. Jesus. Over there. The smoke's going off.

Back here. This way. Let's go. [Applause] [Music]

I'm kind of worried for my bike now. This is not for social media. Are this for corruption?

Yes, I know. I've heard. I've heard. I've heard for the kids that were flaunting their wealth or something.

Because because people are saying this is for social media. No, this is for like corruption because our like child

like our brother and sister like 17, they just died. Yeah, their judges been shot. Yeah.

Yeah, I know. I'm going to go a little bit further to see where they fired that tear gas off. You can still smell it in

the air. Real chemical [ __ ] that. And here's the guy getting

stuff out of his eyes here. They're firing more tear gas down there as you can see. [ __ ] hell.

Did you get in the fire? Bloody hell, man. They've retreated all the way back

there. They've um created a gap between the protesters over here and the police have moved all the way back. Absolutely

insane. Make a video out there. Huh? These are all corrupted police.

You think they're corrupt? This whole system is corrupt. Yeah.

Yeah. That's why we want to That's why you're all protesting here. Yeah.

Well, you've pushed them back here. You were over here, right? Yeah. Yeah.

And you pushed forward. For the first time in my life, I've just experienced tear gas.

Welcome to Nepal. This is going to get dangerous real soon.

It's time for me to get a little bit backwards. Dear gas. Dear gas.

Let's start running. You can see, look, ambulance over there. Tear gas is being

thrown back by some guy. He's just [ __ ] his hand up doing that. There's an ambulance there. I think

someone might have been hit. What really gets in your eyes, dude. Instead of putting some like injured

people, they are putting just government people or police so that they can attack us or they can save them. So this is the

major like problem which we have. Yesterday they did same same thing. They just like took political member to save

from us not the victory not the like injured people so much like corrupted this.

Well this is quite literally insane. They have pushed the police all the way back over this way all the way down.

We've just come from there where that Skyland lounge is and now everyone's up here. The journalists have come into the

crowds. It seems no longer being protected by the riot police. Fires over there. You can see those big plumes of

smoke through that tree line has come up here. They're trying to get into this gate.

Look at this. I can't believe what I'm witnessing right now. There's tear gas right there.

again. Um, that plume of smoke in the background, I didn't catch it on camera,

but that's a um that's a petrol station apparently blown up, a gas tank. Our government is very

they kill 20 people tomorrow. Yesterday, they are very bad. The KP Salma only. Brother, are you okay? I'm okay because

tear gas affect me in my eyes. And I know I can see it, my friends. I can feel it my friend's boobs.

They're firing off tear gas over there as well. Again, look at the sheer amount of people

over here to the left of me. They're putting down all these railings. [Music]

They're now trying to get into I don't know. I believe it must be some government office. All the barbed wire

being pulled down. The riot police in there. Get me

[Applause] down. Guy covering his eyes getting away from

it all. That really gets in the back of your throat,

in your eyes. It burns the forehead and it smells like wasabi or mustard.

Thank you so much. And this is what I mean about the humanity. The humanity still remains

even though there's chaos that way. There's blown up stuff. They're ripping off the railings, but still you have

people sharing water, laughing, helping each other out. What does that mean? Wild, wild, wild.

Can I have a small bite if you're from? I'm from England. So, how how long it's been you have been

here in Nepal? One day. One day.

Yes. It's your first time here? No, it's my second time. I got stuck

because um I need to ship my bike from Katmandu to Dubai and yesterday I arrived in Riots.

This this question might be a little bit tricky, but uh how's Nepal treating you right now? How are you feeling here?

The people are wonderful. Thank you. I'm not sure what's quite going on.

They've broken into this building right here. Oh my god. The scenes of this riot have just got real.

What's behind me is hundreds of people. breaking through the main gate. There are riot police the other side

and they have pushed all the way back there. I cannot believe it. Oh, brother.

Hello. [Applause] again. Hold it up.

Honestly, I have no words. I've been told right now that they were firing shots in the air. So, it's um I'm

thankful that it's no one. But you can see behind me all the plumes of smoke. Um I've just been standing over here to

try and get away from it. And uh people have just been coming up to me asking me, "Where are you from? Where are you

from? Which football team do you support?" Well, this chaos is going on. Um,

I can't quite describe what's going on, man. Well, it's this weird mix of

powerful emotions that are running through everybody. They have done it. They have done it.

They have done it. Yes. Parl Parliament. Yes. Yeah. Yeah. No.

One night in jail. One night in jail. They kept you right now. We are coming from jail. From

happy. You just got out. Yeah.

You got freed. Yeah. Legally or illegally?

Legally. Legally. Legally.

Congratulations to freedom. Freedom. Freedom. from UK.

UK. Yeah. What just happened in there? Explosions.

That's uh burning. Burning. Yeah.

Gas. Parliament burning. Yeah. Parliament's burning.

Yeah. Parliament is burning. Yeah.

Parliament is burning. Parliament warning from we people.

Okay man. Nice to meet you. Safe. Please be safe. Okay.

So you heard it. Parliament is burning. Parliament is burned. [Applause]

Your last journalist. I cannot believe my eyes right now. The

whole of Parliament is on fire. People are dancing. None of it is left. Look at it. The

whole building is burned through. People holding Nepali flags on top of the fire engines.

Yeah. What the [ __ ] am I witnessing right now? politician. [ __ ]

[Applause] Heat. Heat. [Applause]

We won. We won. We have salute. We won. We have sal. The army are leaving. The riot police

have left. The building behind me is on fire in front of me. Sorry. People are celebrating, smashing

everything. You can see we are

parliament has been destroyed. We hate the cold.

He hates the cold. We hate that cold. Crazy [Applause]

man. Oh you know you are you in the so many leader they are so collected and that is coming and they will die. I

hurt. I hurt. I hurt people deserve this. Actually they deserve this. You know we don't want to do this by our own

choice. We are doing this because they deserve we can it can This is crazy. They're waving the army

goodbye. The army had gone. He's got royal police gear. [ __ ] hell, man.

This is insane, right? Police. Please. This is a policele. Please go.

Right, I'm going to get the hell out of here. You can see

just what is happening to the right of me. smoke from all those vehicles, the black plumes

and all of the people celebrating. We are the [ __ ]

party. [Applause] Hands up.

[Applause] Heat. Heat.

[Applause] Heat. Heat. [Applause]

[Applause] Well, it's time to leave. I'm shocked at the scenes I've witnessed here today.

Truly witness history on a stupid trip from Thailand to England on a [ __ ] moped.

And with that, I'm going to go back to my motorcycle. This is

and I'm going to get the hell out of here. You don't know how happy I am to see my

baby here safe and sound. Nothing's stolen. All good. Okay.

Yes, sir. This is for change. How are you? Political change.

I'm good, man. Protest against corruption. Yeah.

Water. No, I'm good, man. And I'm going to ride back. No, I'm okay. I've just had some.

Thank you, man. Honestly. So, how many days it takes to come from Thailand to here?

Uh, 6 months. 6 months. 6 months.

Okay. So, where where you are planning to go now,

brother? Thank you. Um, now I'm going back to my hotel. Hotel? Yeah, I need to.

How long you stay here in Kandu? Um, until this is curfew over. Okay.

Yeah, but I think it's over. Okay. We are distributing water. Yeah. Thank you, man. I've got one.

So, I'm from Kandu Hiking Group. Kandu Hiking Club. Hiking group.

Okay. We have 32,000 people in our group. Oh, lovely man.

Yeah. Every every month, every week we are going hike around Kmenu. Amazing.

And we are doing training campaign. Yeah. So, nice to talk to you. Can you can we

talk in uh social media? Of course. Yeah. Yeah. Um I don't have internet. Better you do. I'll follow you

back. Stay safe. I'll keep in contact with you. Okay, goodbye.

Well, what can I say? Only in Nepal can you go through a protest where they um burn the entire parliament and you come

back and here is your bike. Nothing stolen, nothing taken and um a water bottle given to you. Well, it's back to

the hotel. I need to edit this and um it's goodbye from me for now. And this is back at the hostel.

Look at this. The pure calm of it all compared to what we've just witnessed.

Now, time to edit. must.