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Letter of 75: Prosecution still seeks nine-year prison terms for all defendants

From 24.kg · () Russian

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Newswire Named sources In the courts
  • Prosecutors have asked the Bishkek City Court to impose nine-year prison terms on all defendants in the Letter of 75 case.
  • The appeal proceedings have reached closing arguments, with Bekbolot Talgarbekov and Kursan Asanov having presented their statements.
  • A district court previously convicted eight defendants of preparing a violent seizure of power, sentenced each to four years and placed them under probation while allowing them to remain free.

The prosecution is still seeking nine-year prison terms for every defendant in Kyrgyzstan's Letter of 75 case, now before the Bishkek City Court on appeal.

The proceedings have reached closing arguments. Bekbolot Talgarbekov and Kursan Asanov have already presented their statements, said Chinara Dzhakupbekova, a lawyer representing Asanov.

The case concerns allegations that the defendants prepared a violent seizure of power. On July 2, Bishkek's Pervomaisky District Court found former State Committee for National Security chief Kamchybek Tashiev, former parliament speaker Nurlanbek Turgunbek uulu, former Prosecutor General Kurmankul Zulushev and five other signatories of the Letter of 75 guilty of the charge.

The court sentenced each defendant to four years in prison, suspended under three years of probationary supervision, and allowed them to remain at liberty. Prosecutors had sought nine-year sentences at that stage as well. Both the prosecution and the defendants appealed, and the Bishkek City Court is now reviewing the verdict.

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