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Chinese citizens accused of staged robbery in Bishkek

Two Chinese citizens were detained in Bishkek on suspicion of fraud. Own sources informed 24.kg news agency.

A foreigner applied to the police with a statement. He told that he had been robbed in a park.

«The citizen of China said that $80,000 was stolen from him in a park located on Frunze Street. The police registered the statement and opened a criminal case under the article «Robbery» of the Criminal Code of the Kyrgyz Republic. It turned out during the investigation that the foreigner staged the crime. Investigators reclassified the criminal case to the article «Fraud» of the Criminal Code of the Kyrgyz Republic. The foreigner and his accomplice were taken into custody,» the sources said.

The police department of Sverdlovsky district of Bishkek confirmed the information to 24.kg news agency. According to the police, two Chinese citizens were detained — 40-year-old and 37-year-old men.

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