An employee of the Bishkek City Hall was detained for extortion of $ 9,000. Press center of the State Committee for National Security of Kyrgyzstan reported.
«It was established that the detainee received a bribe from the owner of a cafe in the amount of $ 9,000 for making changes to the reconstruction project of Tugolbai Ata (Lineinaya) Street, providing for the preservation of the commercial facility located along the road that is being repaired at the expense of a Chinese grant,» the state committee said in a statement.