Former president Almazbek Atambayev arrested until August 26

Former president of Kyrgyzstan Almazbek Atambayev will be placed in the pre-trial detention center of the State Committee for National Security until August 26. His lawyer Sergey Slesarev informed 24.kg news agency.
According to him, the judge of the Pervomaisky District Court of Bishkek Adylbek Subankulov was called to the SCNS, who urgently held an off-site court hearing. The court decided to arrest Atambayev until August 26 - during investigation measures.
"No one presented any documents on attachment and committal. They promised to present them today. No one reacted to the fact that the documents had been prepared prior to the delivery of a notice of suspicion in the case of Aziz Batukaev. My client was handed this notice and the preventive measure was immediately taken," said Sergey Slesarev.
On August 7, the special forces of the State Committee for National Security of Kyrgyzstan attempted to storm Almazbek Atambayev's residence in Koi-Tash village. The storm failed twice. About 45 people were injured during the riots; the Deputy Commander of Alpha special forces died from a gunshot wound.
On August 8, special units of the Ministry of Internal Affairs carried out special operation to detain the former president Atambayev. All roads to Koi-Tash were blocked, communication was jammed, access to the Internet was blocked. At least 3,000 police officers and special machinery were pulled in to the epicenter. After a two-hour confrontation, the police managed to force the situation - Almazbek Atambayev decided to surrender. He was taken to the State Committee for National Security of Kyrgyzstan for interrogation. He is detained.
Almazbek Atambayev has been preliminary charged, but it is not yet known under which articles of the Criminal Code. It is expected that the court will make a decision on changing the preventive measure to the former president in the near future.