{"id":14291,"date":"2021-01-27T10:10:10","date_gmt":"2021-01-27T10:10:10","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.radiofree.org\/?p=155042"},"modified":"2021-01-27T10:10:10","modified_gmt":"2021-01-27T10:10:10","slug":"former-kyrgyz-prime-minister-abylgaziev-arrested-on-corruption-charges","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/radiofree.asia\/2021\/01\/27\/former-kyrgyz-prime-minister-abylgaziev-arrested-on-corruption-charges\/","title":{"rendered":"Former Kyrgyz Prime Minister Abylgaziev Arrested On Corruption Charges"},"content":{"rendered":"<div><img src=\"https:\/\/www.radiofree.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/01\/4E80DF50-248B-40E9-8878-A148445DE0B0_cx0_cy7_cw0_w1200_r1.jpg\" class=\"ff-og-image-inserted\" \/><\/div>\n<div class=\"wsw\">\n<p>BISHKEK &#8212; Former Kyrgyz Prime Minister Mukhammedkalyi Abylgaziev has been arrested on corruption charges.<\/p>\n<p>The State Committee for National Security (UKMK) said on January 27 that Abylgaziev is also suspected of illegal enrichment.<\/p>\n<p>According to the UKMK, Abylgaziev allegedly helped the Kumtor Gold Company illegally obtain additional lands for geological works and mining while in office.<\/p>\n<p>Abylgaziev is also suspected of illegally obtaining unspecified amounts of cash while in office and investing that money into property in Bishkek and nearby districts.<\/p>\n<p>The 53-year-old Abylgaziev served as prime minister from 2018 to 2020. He left the post last June amid an abrupt rise of coronavirus cases in the Central Asian nation.<\/p>\n<p>Financial police said in October 2020 that Abylgaziev was ordered to remain in the country.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n\n<p class=\"syndicated-attribution\">This post was originally published on <a href=\"https:\/\/www.radiofree.org\/2021\/01\/27\/former-kyrgyz-prime-minister-abylgaziev-arrested-on-corruption-charges\/\">Radio Free<\/a>. <\/p>","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>BISHKEK \u2014 Former Kyrgyz Prime Minister Mukhammedkalyi Abylgaziev has been arrested on corruption charges. The State Committee for National Security (UKMK) said on January 27 that Abylgaziev is\u2026<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":4,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[337,4],"tags":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/radiofree.asia\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/14291"}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/radiofree.asia\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/radiofree.asia\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/radiofree.asia\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/4"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/radiofree.asia\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=14291"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/radiofree.asia\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/14291\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":14292,"href":"https:\/\/radiofree.asia\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/14291\/revisions\/14292"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/radiofree.asia\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=14291"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/radiofree.asia\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=14291"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/radiofree.asia\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=14291"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}