Kyrgyzstan: capital judge was detained on suspicion of corruption
In Kyrgyzstan, a corruption scheme has been identified and suppressed, in which the leaders of the judicial system, the State Registration Service and others are involved. The Financial Police of the republic informs about it.
It was established that in 2016, some individuals, in order to obtain material benefits, using their relations, created a stable relationship with officials of the presidential administration, the SRS, as well as individual judges and employees of the judicial system, acting in the interests of one of the LLCs.
“By forging court cases and court decisions, they illegally released from attachment the property belonging to the affiliated persons of Maxim Bakiyev (son of the fugitive president Kurmanbek Bakiyev),” says the Financial Police.
On this fact, a criminal case was initiated on the grounds of the crime specified in Article 319 of Part 1 “Corruption” of the Criminal Code of the Kyrgyz Republic.
“On November 11 of this year, within the framework of the criminal case under investigation, on suspicion of corruption, the head of the civil affairs sector of the City court of Bishkek Ch.S. was detained. On suspicion of corruption, a judge of the Interdistrict court of Bishkek Zh.N. was also detained,” the State Service for combating economic crimes added.
At present, investigative and operational measures are being taken to establish the whereabouts of other high-ranking officials, who are involved in this crime.
