High profile crime boss probe complete

AKIPRESS.COM - Investigation into illegal freeing of crime boss Aziz Batukayev is complete, the suspects were indicted, the Interior Ministry said.
Suspects were brought charges, which are being learned by them. Case materials will soon be submitted to the General Prosecutor's Office and then to the judicial bodies for further actions, the statement said.
High profile case involves 19 people in total, including ex-President Almazbek Atambayev, ex-Prosecutor General Aida Salyanova, doctors, attorneys, ex-Health Minister and others.
Crime boss Aziz Batukayev was illegally released from prison in 2013 over fake leukemia diagnosis, authorities said. He partially served his term in Naryn prison until he was freed over fake leukemia diagnosis in 2013. Batukayev had 8.3 years of prison term yet to be served.
On 23 April 2013, an expert medical group, which was created based on the parliament commission decision, diagnosed Batukayev with leukemia. Soon after his release, Batukayev fled the country and was declared internationally wanted.
Today, Aziz Batukayev is serving his prison sentence in Chechnya. He was sentenced to 4 years in prison in August 2017 for hitting a person to death while drunk driving, according to the Russian media. His extradition might be considered after the end of his term.