Ex-Prime Minister Sapar Isakov and ex-mayor of Bishkek Albek Ibraimov did not return to prison

AKIPRESS.COM - Ex-Prime Minister Sapar Isakov and ex-mayor of Bishkek Albek Ibraimov did not return to prison, said the State Penitentiary Service on October 14.
Investigation into evasion of service of sentence was launched, the statement said.
On October 5, 2020 peaceful protests against the results of October 4 parliamentary elections turned violent when the White House was stormed and clashes with police occurred injuring at least 1000 people and killing 1 civilian.
Jailed politicians, including ex-President Almazbek Atambayev and ex-Prime Minister Sapar Isakov, were freed by their supporters.
On October 6, the Central Election Commission of Kyrgyzstan annulled the parliamentary election results. Prime Minister and Speaker of Parliament resigned.
President of Kyrgyzstan called the events illegal power grab attempt and imposed a state of emergency and curfew in Bishkek.
Sapar Isakov was sentenced to 18 years in prison and 247 million soms fine for corruption within the illegal Historical Museum and Issyk-Kul horse racetrack reconstruction case on June 9, 2020. Isakov was also sentenced to 15 years in prison for corruption within the case of illegal modernization of the Bishkek CHPP.
Albek Ibraimov was sentenced to 15 years in prison for corruption in the construction of a school in the Kalys-Ordo, embezzlement of funds of the state company Dastan and corruption in providing municipal land plots.