Nepal's former crown prince Paras has arrived in Singapore, a source said Wednesday, as speculation swirled that he was planning to abandon his homeland for good. Paras, 36, boarded a Silk Air flight to the city-state on Tuesday, a senior airport security official in Nepal told AFP, after initial reports said he had taken a flight to Bangkok.
"What I heard... he already landed in Singapore," said the Singapore source, who asked not to be identified and could not immediately provide further details. It was not clear where Paras was staying. A check by AFP of several luxury hotels in the city-state showed nobody registered under his name.
When asked by journalists as he entered Kathmandu airport if he planned to return, Paras smiled and made no comment. One Nepalese newspaper reported on Monday that he was leaving for Singapore and would call for his family to join him after two weeks. On Tuesday another publication, The Himalayan Times, said the ex-prince was headed to Singapore to find a school and home for his three children and wife, but that he would not be living in the city-state himself.