Kyrgyzstan: Bakiyev accused of complicity in murder.

23/11 Tass 99

BISHKEK, November 23 (Itar-Tass) -- Ex-President Kurmanbek Bakiyev of
Kyrgyzstan, who is being tried in Bishkek together with a group of former
senior officials, has been accused of crimes under several articles of the
Kyrgyz Penal Code.
A public prosecutor said at the trial on Tuesday that the ex-president
was accused of crimes under the following articles: the abuse of office,
complicity in murder and complicity in an attempted murder. "Aside from
complicity in homicide, Bakiyev has also been accused of the illegal
creation of a number of state structures, specifically, the state ministry
of foreign affairs, the structure of the state adviser for security and of
the Central agency for development, innovations and investments," the
public prosecutor said.
Aside from it, the ex-president has been accused of issuing a decree
on putting into effect the Typhoon and Buran plans of the Kyrgyz police in
March 2002. At that time Bakiyev held the post of prime minister. In the
opinion of the prosecutors, as a result of that step the police opened
fire at peaceful demonstrators in the Aksyi District, killing six
demonstrators.
A total of 27 people, apart from Bakiyev, are facing trial on the
April 7 case. These include Zhanybek Bakiyev, the brother of the
ex-president, who headed the state guard service; Marat Bakiyev, his elder
son, who held the post of adviser at the State National Security Service;
ex-Prime Minister Daniyar Usenov; ex-Defence Minister Baktybek Kalyev; and
Murat Sutalinov, ex-president of the State National Security Service. Six
of them are being tried ad absentia, because they have left Kyrgyzstan
before the beginning of the trial. Three more former senior officials
managed to leave the republic after the beginning of the trial, including
ex-Prosecutor-General Nurlan Tursunkulov and Oksana Malevannaya, who used
to head the presidential secretariat. The Kyrgyz authorities twice
requested the Belarusian authorities to extradite Bakiyev, but were
refused both times.
On April 7, this year, several thousand supporters of the Kyrgyz
opposition held a rally in the Ala-Too Square -- the central square of
Bishkek, where the Government Building is situated. The most aggressive of
the demonstrators tried to break into the building, but the soldiers, who
were guarding it, fired at them. As a result some 90 people died and
several hundred were wounded. Eventually, however, the Government Building
and the republic in general were taken under control by the opposition.
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