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Administrator of social media page Yrys Zhekshenaliev detained

Yrys Zhekshenaliev, an administrator of Polit Uznik (Political Prisoner) page on Facebook, was detained. His supporters told.

It is known that yesterday the Investigation Service of the Ministry of Internal Affairs of Kyrgyzstan opened a criminal case under the article «Mass riots» of the Criminal Code of the Kyrgyz Republic. Yrys Zhekshenaliev is charged with calls for active disobedience to the legitimate demands of government officials and mass riots.

«The interrogation lasted six hours. It was about posing a video message by Abdil Segizbaev about Zhetim-Too field,» the supporters said.

Yrys Zhekshenaliev was taken to the Investigation Service of the Ministry of Internal Affairs the day before.

Later, the ex-chairman of the State Committee for National Security Abdil Segizbaev was summoned for questioning.

The head of state Sadyr Japarov commented on the situation around Zhetim-Too field. He urged activists and politicians, who oppose the development of this field, to stop deceiving people.

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