Kathmandu, Oct. 27 -- At 3:24 pm on October 23, lawmaker Ashika Tamang posted a two-minute video on her official Facebook account. It showed a boy sitting beside a stream, holding a frog. Tamang took the frog from the child, telling him not to eat it, and released it into the water. She then handed him a lollipop and walked away.

By the time this report was prepared, the video had been viewed 413,000 times, attracted more than 20,000 reactions and drawn over 800 comments. Most of the comments criticised the lawmaker.

"Please don't turn an innocent child's activities into content to earn dollars just because you are a member of parliament, Ashika didi," wrote Himal Thapa, a Facebook user.

Another user accused the lawmaker of violating t...