Kathmandu, Sept. 29 -- The government has frozen the passports of former prime minister KP Sharma Oli and four other officials in connection with the violent suppression of the nationwide Gen Z protests on September 8 and 9.

On Sunday, the home ministry moved to freeze the passports on the recommendation of the judicial commission investigating the suppression. On September 8, nineteen youths were killed in and around the federal parliament building at New Baneshwar when police used live ammunition to prevent the advance of youths, who were protesting rampant corruption and a ban on social media. The death toll climbed to 75 over the following days.

Those facing passport freeze include Ramesh Lekhak, then home minister, then home secret...