Oktyabrsky District Court of Bishkek ended consideration of statement of claim from former MP Akhmatbek Keldibekov, Prosecutor General Azimbek Beknazarov and the ex-head of the State Committee for National Security Keneshbek Duishebaev to April TV channel and ex-president of Kyrgyzstan Almazbek Atambayev.
The court granted the claim. Almazbek Atambayev must pay each of the three plaintiffs 100,000 soms. Material claims to April channel were withdrawn.
The plaintiffs said they would give the money to charity.
The defendant’s defense will appeal the court’s decision to a higher court.
Recall, Akhmatbek Keldibekov, Azimbek Beknazarov and Keneshbek Duishebaev filed a lawsuit against April television channel and the ex-president Almazbek Atambayev. Former high-ranking officials were outraged by Almazbek Atambayev’s interview with the television channel, in which he spoke out in their address.