Dr Rabin Man Shakya
Former Associate Editor
The Rising Nepal
The entire Nepalese community in Oregon was stunned, surprised and disappointed when former president of Nepali Association of Oregon (NAO) and a respected taekwondo instructor Shuddhodan Ranjit was arrested last year in November 2017 on charges of inappropriately touching three girls who were under the age of 14 when the alleged abuse occurred. Then, in March 2018, Ranjit was accused of sexually abusing two other children who were students at taekwondo school owned by him.
Almost a year later, Ranjit was not found guilty by a jury on Friday Oct 26, 2018 on charges of sex abuse. Judging by the posts in the Facebook and likes and comments, it looks like the entire Nepalese community in Oregon was overwhelmed over Ranjit's legal victory in the court.
The verdict of the jury clearly gave Ranjit a clean chit - to clear his name acquitting him of all sex abuse charges. Shuddhodan's acquittal points to the fact that the charges were trumped up and possibly motivated. What if the whole episode is all a scam? What if this all is orchestrated by a mastermind to discredit Ranjit?
The fact that the mastermind of this ugly episode has never been punished, that means that they simply do not want to look for the person. They knew exactly who masterminded it.
But what about the one year of trials, tribulations, jail time, stress, court appearances that came hard on Shuddhodan and his family? One whole year of ordeal, a year of dilemma. It is a serious matter of gravity.
Shuddhodan's acquittal is already reviving familiar questions of whether the legal system is riddled with loopholes and problems that pose a risk to lives of innocent and respected people.
Former Associate Editor
The Rising Nepal
The entire Nepalese community in Oregon was stunned, surprised and disappointed when former president of Nepali Association of Oregon (NAO) and a respected taekwondo instructor Shuddhodan Ranjit was arrested last year in November 2017 on charges of inappropriately touching three girls who were under the age of 14 when the alleged abuse occurred. Then, in March 2018, Ranjit was accused of sexually abusing two other children who were students at taekwondo school owned by him.
Almost a year later, Ranjit was not found guilty by a jury on Friday Oct 26, 2018 on charges of sex abuse. Judging by the posts in the Facebook and likes and comments, it looks like the entire Nepalese community in Oregon was overwhelmed over Ranjit's legal victory in the court.
The verdict of the jury clearly gave Ranjit a clean chit - to clear his name acquitting him of all sex abuse charges. Shuddhodan's acquittal points to the fact that the charges were trumped up and possibly motivated. What if the whole episode is all a scam? What if this all is orchestrated by a mastermind to discredit Ranjit?
The fact that the mastermind of this ugly episode has never been punished, that means that they simply do not want to look for the person. They knew exactly who masterminded it.
But what about the one year of trials, tribulations, jail time, stress, court appearances that came hard on Shuddhodan and his family? One whole year of ordeal, a year of dilemma. It is a serious matter of gravity.
Shuddhodan's acquittal is already reviving familiar questions of whether the legal system is riddled with loopholes and problems that pose a risk to lives of innocent and respected people.
he is not innocent. I have not spoke about what he did to me in fear of this kind of criticism. he is super guilty in my mind. you are all wrong here. you should be ashamed. i was a child, so were the victims here. be wary of who you trust.
ReplyDeleteThis article is DISGUSTING! We discovered another victim who was young at the time and found the voice after 7 years to say something. Your article message is clearly siding with an adult who "won" vs the brave kids that said something. Is that a fair fight? The kids that came forward back in 2017 were BRAVE and with more kids realizing and coming forward later, they are BRAVE too! Don't let a horrible adult take your POWER & VOICE away. He may have won in court in 2018, but not in LIFE. In the end, the victims will be the WINNTER and the truth will continue to come out to help protect other potential victims.
DeleteThe one good thing about his article, I hope if any other person reads this, as we did when the truth came out years later, PLEASE don't let any child be around Shuddhodan Ranjit!
I believe a young child has no "mastermind" plan and what happened to them and recalling years later is very REAL! The question really is, are the courts set up to help minors feel safe in telling the truth or have we failed our kids in protecting them?