Maoist Victory

• Prize
• Photographer
  Kang Li Sam, Singapore
• Date of Photograph
  online
• Website
  http://samkangliphotos.com

On April 10 2008, Nepal held its first successful general elections. One week later, the results were clear. The Communist Party Nepal-Maoist Party, once an underground political organisation which had its own army (People Liberation Army) and who waged a 10-year-long People's War against the monarchy, won by a clear margin. The victory divided the country. While pro-Maoists painted the town red, those who had suffered under the People's War remained skeptical of the party's conviction to curb their violence and progress the nation.

• Biography
  Sam Kang Li (b.1984) recently graduated from college and is a photographer currently based in Singapore. In 2008, he interned as a photojournalist with Nepal�¢??s most widely read English-language weekly, Nepali Times, covering the country�¢??s transition from a monarchy to a republic and the coming to parliamentary powers by the Maoists. More of his works can be found on www.samkangliphotos.com