Former Kyrgyz Deputy Among 11 Detained for Alleged Protest Plot
Photo: Kyrgyz Republic MIA
During searches of the former deputy and his accomplices, grenades, firearms, and instructions on how to organize protests were found, Orda.kz reports.
The Ministry of Internal Affairs of Kyrgyzstan has detained 11 people suspected of organizing mass riots.
According to the investigation, individual members of the public association "Kyrk Uruu Zheti Duban Yntymagy" regularly held meetings where they called for protests and destabilization of the country.
A criminal case was opened against the detainees under Article 278 of the Criminal Code of the Kyrgyz Republic ("Organization of Mass Riots Accompanied by Violence").
The homes of all suspects were searched.
The following was confiscated from the suspected protest organizers:
- Grenades, firearms and bladed weapons, ammunition
- Drugs and religious literature
- Instructions for organizing mass riots
- Balaclavas, camouflage clothing, fake license plates
- Mobile phones and flashcards
Among the suspects is a former member of the Jogorku Kenesh (the Kyrgyz parliament). The defendants in the case were sent to a temporary detention facility. The investigation is ongoing.
The news emerges following past arrests for a similar plot, reportedly involving Former Kyrgyz Deputy Prosecutor General, Major General of Justice Kuban Adyl Uulu.
Original Author: Ruslan Loginov
Latest news
- Three Detained After Six Workers Die in Sewer Well at Pavlodar Farm
- From Women’s Mortgages to Gen Z: Why Home Loans Remain Hard to Get in Kazakhstan
- Tenge Expected to Weaken to 512 per Dollar Within a Year
- Kazakhstan Collected 35 Billion Tenge From Legal Crypto Miners
- American Father Goes on Hunger Strike Over Missing Son in Kazakhstan
- Almaty Mural by British Artist Removed During Building Repairs
- Kazakhstan Approves Registration Procedure for Self-Driving Cars
- Illegal Pony-Ride Operators Accused of Animal Cruelty in Burabay
- Cameras to Automatically Detect E-Scooter Violations in Almaty
- Police Name Almaty Districts with Highest Number of Crimes
- Oil Slick Reported Near Atash Beach on Kazakhstan’s Caspian Coast
- AFM Plans Body Cameras and GPS Tracking for Detainee Escorts
- Nine Underexplored Basins Made Available for Oil Exploration
- 5.5 Billion Tenge Gas Debt Settled Without Trial in Aktobe
- Nearly 50 Forest Fires Break Out Across Kazakhstan in a Week
- Twenty Evacuated After Fire at Aktogay Concentrator
- Fire Breaks Out at Oil Field in Mangystau Region
- Two Kazakhtelecom Employees Die in Separate Workplace Incidents
- Ukraine Agrees to Avoid Targeting CPC Infrastructure
- Man Sentenced to Community Service for Stalking Woman in Almaty Region
