Former vice mayor of Bishkek Azamat Sagyndyk uulu was found guilty of corruption and fined 260,000 soms. The Pervomaisky District Court informed 24.kg news agency.
By the verdict of the district court Azamat Sagyndyk uulu was found guilty of committing a crime under Article 319 «Corruption» of the Criminal Code of the Kyrgyz Republic. The court sentenced him to a fine of 260,000 soms to the state.
An employee of the City Hall, who was detained in this case for extorting $9,000, was fined 220,000 soms for complicity in corruption.
In July, the former vice mayor Azamat Sagyndyk uulu was detained by the State Committee for National Security in the framework of a criminal case on the fact of extortion of a bribe by an employee of the City Hall. She received money from the owner of a cafe in the amount of $9,000 for making changes to the project for the reconstruction of Tugolbai Ata Street, providing for preservation of the commercial facility, located along the road that is being repaired at the expense of a Chinese grant.
Those arrested for the bribe testified to involvement of the vice mayor of the capital in the crime.
Azamat Sagyndyk uulu was dismissed from his post on September 3, 2021. He oversaw land, urban planning and architecture issues.
