Measure of restraint applied against Former President Atambayev

Bishkek, Aug.9, 2019 /Kabar/. A measure of restraint has been applied against Former President Almazbek Atambayev- he will be in custody until Aug.26, Kabar Agency learned from Pervomaisky District Court.
Atambayev will be in the detention facility of the State Committee for National Security.
Former President Atambayev was deprived of his immunity on June 27, when the Kyrgyz parliament members decided to deprive him of the status of ex-president the country. Earlier, the parliament created a special commission, which concluded that Atambayev could be involved in 6 crimes during his presidency.
Atambayev served as president of Kyrgyzstan from Dec. 1, 2011 to Nov. 24, 2017.
Earlier, representatives of Kyrgyz law enforcement agencies said several criminal cases had been launched against the former president, which they could not investigate due to his immunity.
Speaking to the deputies, the Prosecutor General of Kyrgyzstan Otkurbek Dzhamshitov then reported that out of 6 points of the prosecution in 5 episodes criminal acts were revealed under the article "Corruption" of the Criminal Code of the Republic.
Atambaev is charged in corruption, including the suspected corruption during the reconstruction of Bishkek's thermal power station, the unlawful obtaining of land for building his residential house, and helping release Chechen criminal Aziz Batukayev.
The Ministry of Internal Affairs of Kyrgyzstan summoned Atambayev for questioning three times on the case of unlawful release of criminal authority Batukayev.
However, Atambayev stated that he would not go in for questioning and handed over all the papers to his legal representative Sergei Slesarev.
Special services of Kyrgyzstan launched on Aug.7 a special operation to detain former President Atambayev.
As a result of clashes between Special Forces employees and Atambayev’s supporters, a total of 45 injured patients with various injuries were admitted to hospitals in Bishkek and the Chui Oblast Joint Hospital, the Ministry of Health reported.
One Special Forces soldier, aged 46, died during the operation due to a gunshot wound to the chest by a combat bullet.