Kyrgyz security service asks US Embassy to assist in capture of former MP

Bishkek, Feb. 25, 2021 / Kabar /. The work on the search for ex-deputy of the Kyrgyz Parliament Askarbek Shadiev, continues, the press service of the State Committee for National Security of Kyrgyzstan reported.

On Feb. 25, 2021, the State Committee for National Security of the Kyrgyz Republic officially requested the US Embassy in the Kyrgyz Republic to assist in the execution by the competent US government agencies of the previously sent international petitions of Kyrgyz law enforcement agencies regarding the wanted citizen of the Kyrgyz Republic Askarbek Shadiev, who is hiding in the United States, the report said.

In relation to Shadiev, the investigative bodies of the State Committee for National Security of the Kyrgyz Republic are investigating a criminal case on the fact of a legalization (laundering) of criminal proceeds on a large scale).

The judicial authorities of the Kyrgyz Republic applied a preventive measure in the form of detention in absentia against him, in connection with which he was put on the international wanted list by Interpol.