Azimbek Beknazarov placed in pretrial detention center until November 2

12:44, 16 сентября 2024, Bishkek - 24.kg news agency , Gulmira MAKANBAI KYZY

Politician Azimbek Beknazarov was placed in the pretrial detention center No. 1 until November 2. His son Ruslan Beknazarov reported.

According to the State Committee for National Security of Kyrgyzstan (SCNS), a criminal case has been opened against the former member of the interim government on the fact of theft and embezzlement of funds seized from bank safe deposit boxes and the Government House during the events in April 2010.

On September 12, 2024, Azimbek Beknazarov was placed in the SCNS temporary detention facility on suspicion of committing a crime under the article «Money laundering on a large scale» of the Criminal Code of the Kyrgyz Republic.

• He held the position of Prosecutor General in the interim government.
• Earlier, along with more than 20 activists, he was a defendant in the so-called Kempir-Abad case. He was also under arrest in a pretrial detention center.
• The prosecutors asked the court to sentence all defendants under the article «Mass riots» to 10 years, under the article «Seizure of power» — 15 years, and by adding up the crimes — 20 years with confiscation of property.
• The district court acquitted all defendants in this case on June 14 due to the lack of corpus delicti.

The Committee for protection of Kempir-Abad reservoir was created on October 22, 2022. It includes activists, politicians and MPs. Mass arrests began on October 23. Authorities placed 27 people in jail on charges of preparing for riots.