Politician Zhenish Moldokmatov was placed under house arrest. His supporters told 24.kg news agency.
According to them, the Bishkek City Court made the relevant decision today.
It should be noted that Zhenish Moldokmatov is suspected under articles 355 «Threat or violence against a representative of authority», 309 «Forcible seizure of power» and 257 «Theft or extortion of firearms» of the Criminal Code of the Kyrgyz Republic. He was under arrest in the remand center 1 in Bishkek.
Rallies were held on October 5-6, 2020 against falsification of the parliamentary elections results. Then riots broke out. The Central Election Commission was forced to annul the election results on October 6. Several convicted politicians were released from prisons.
On October 9, Almazbek Atambayev, his supporters, Omurbek Babanov and others announced another rally. A scuffle broke out on the square between the supporters of Sadyr Japarov and the former president.
Later, the State Committee for National Security and the Ministry of Internal Affairs detained many of them, including Almazbek Atambayev, activist Temirlan Sultanbekov, ex-chief of staff of the head of state Farid Niyazov, former employee of the Ninth Service of the State Committee for National Security Kanat Sagymbaev, ex-deputy head of the Ministry of Internal Affairs Kursan Asanov. Some of them are still in custody, the others were placed under house arrest.
