Kyrgyzstan: Investigator of the Ministry of Internal Affairs was detained while receiving a bribe

On the fact of extortion of a bribe, a senior investigator of the investigative service of the Ministry of Internal Affairs was detained. This was reported by the State Committee for National Security.

According to the State Committee for National Security, the police major was detained while receiving a bribe of $2,400 (200,000 KGS). It was established that the investigator extorted $4,000 through an intermediary for the termination of the prosecution in the criminal case under investigation.

“A criminal case has been initiated under article 343 “Extortion of a bribe” of the Criminal Code of Kyrgyzstan. The senior investigator and the mediator were detained and placed in the temporary detention center of the State Committee for National Security,” the State Committee explains.