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The General Prosecutor’s Office of Kyrgyzstan said that if former President Kurmanbek Bakiyev arrives in the country, he will be immediately detained.

As the press service of the Prosecutor General’s Office explains, the interdepartmental investigation group of the State Committee for National Security of the Kyrgyz Republic is investigating a criminal case on corruption in the development of the Kumtor field.

As part of the criminal case, a number of officials, deputies of the Jogorku Kenesh, were handed notifications of suspicion of corruption, including a notice of suspicion against former President Askar Akayev on corruption facts when concluding a general agreement on the Kumtor project in 1992, amendments were made to it in 1994, as well as during the restructuring of the general agreement with Cameco in 2003.

On August 2, 2021, Akayev was delivered to Bishkek to carry out the necessary investigative actions on the above criminal case and clarify other issues that the law enforcement agencies of the Kyrgyz Republic have.