A rape conviction is better than a VC if you want to stay in Britain
Thanks to Blazing Cat Fur, who brought the story of the WWII Gurkha to my attention.
Tul Bahadur Pun, of Nepal, fought for King and Country and was awarded the Victoria Cross for his services in the war. He took tea with the Queen Mother and attended the coronation of Queen Elizabeth II. However, in his last days he is being advised that his ties to the UK are not strong enough to be granted a visa.
Pun, 84, who won our highest bravery medal in the Second World War, wants to spend his last days among old comrades and having treatment for several health problems.
At his ramshackle home in Nepal, he said last night: “I feel bitterly disappointed at the way successive British governments have treated me.
“I have served the UK with the utmost loyalty and to be treated this way is appalling.” Tul was handed his VC by Lord Mountbatten in 1944 for single-handedly charging a Japanese position in Burma under heavy fire.
For shame.
