Sadyr Japarov sentenced to 11 years and 6 months in prison

09:03, 03 августа 2017, Bishkek - 24.kg news agency , Nargiza TOKOEVA

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The judge of the Pervomaisky District Court, Emil Kaiypov, sentenced the former deputy of Parliament Sadyr Japarov to 11 years and 6 months in the high security penal colony for complicity in the organization of a rally in Karakol in 2013.

He was charged under Articles 234 (hooliganism), 341 (resistance to authority), 227 (taking a hostage) and 113 (threatening with murder) of the Criminal Code of the . Sadyr Japarov was acquitted on three articles and convicted under Article 227 (hostage taking) of the Criminal Code of the .