.Nephew of ex-Kyrgyz president gets 10 years in jail.

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BISHKEK, November 2 (Itar-Tass) - Nephew of former Kyrgyzstan's
President Kurmanbek Bakiyev - Sanjar Bakiyev - has been sentenced to 10
years in a tight security prison for organising mass unrest in the south
of the country that resulted in loss of life, the military court of
Bishkek garrison where a meeting of the Jalal-Abad regional court was held
on this criminal case, told Itar-Tass.
Several accomplices were put to trial along with Bakiyev. Among them -
Bektursun Keldibekov who was sentenced to 8 years in prison, and Bazarbai
Arzykulov who got 4 years in a penal colony settlement. Suspended
sentences were given to two other members of the criminal group headed by
the relative of the former president. The court also ruled to recover from
the defendants nearly 800 thousand soms (about 18,000 US dollars) in
compensation for the damage they inflicted on the public administration
and police department building in Jalal-Abad during the mass disorders.
Rioting in the regional centre of Jalal-Abad took place on May 13-14.
The supporters of President Kurmanbek Bakiyev, who was ousted in April,
and his opponents, clashed then.
The nephew of the former head of Kyrgyzstan was arrested after about
six months after the events in the mountains, where he was hiding from
police. During the search policemen seized several pieces of firearms from
him.
The 2010 south Kyrgyzstan riots were clashes between ethnic Kyrgyz and
Uzbeks in southern Kyrgyzstan, primarily in the cities of Osh and
Jalal-Abad, in the aftermath of the ouster of former President Kurmanbek
Bakiyev on April 7. It is part of the larger 2010 Kyrgyzstan crisis.
Violence that started between Kyrgyz and Uzbeks on 19 May in Jalal-Abad
continued on 9 June in Osh. The spreading of the violence required the
Russian-endorsed interim government led by Roza Otunbayeva to declare a
state of emergency on June 12, in an attempt to take control of the
situation. The clashes killed up to 2,000 people, mostly Uzbeks, and
displaced some 100,000. The incidents allegedly came forth out of three
main national divisions in Kyrgyzstan - state-citizens, North-South and
Kyrgyz-Uzbek.
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