The Bishkek City Court considered an appeal in the case against a journalist Bolot Temirov. Judge Adis Momunaliev presided over the trial.
The court decided to expel journalist Bolot Temirov from Kyrgyzstan. The rest of the sentence of the first instance was upheld.
The journalist called this decision petty revenge on the part of the authorities.
The Sverdlovsky District Court acquitted Bolot Temirov of drug possession, recognizing the evidence of guilt as not obvious and the investigation of the case biased, and did not find corpus delicti in his actions in the case of illegal border crossing, since the journalist used a real, not fake passport.
The journalist was found guilty on two counts — on using false data when obtaining a passport. He was charged with illegal use of a military ID to obtain an ID card (internal passport of a citizen of the Kyrgyz Republic) and illegal obtaining of the identity card. However, due to the expiration of the statute of limitations, the court did not impose penalties on him. Bolot Temirov was released from the courtroom.
