17:54, 29 января 2021, Bishkek - 24-kg.com news agency , Aida DZHUMASHOVA
Former president of Kyrgyzstan Sooronbai Jeenbekov was summoned to the Pervomaisky District Court of Bishkek to give testimony. Lawyer Taalaigul Toktakunova told 24-kg.com news agency.
According to her, the case concerns money that was found in a safe deposit box of the accused former deputy prime minister Duishenbek Zilaliev.
«The State Committee for National Security sent out a video showing that $ 1 million was found in Optima Bank’s safe deposit box. This money was intended for the election campaign of the presidential candidate Sooronbai Jeenbekov. They were handed over to the ex-head of state in the presence of Sapar Isakov. We petitioned for Sooronbai Jeenbekov to be summoned for interrogation. The court granted our request. As a law-abiding citizen, the ex-president is obliged to appear,» Taalaigul Toktakunova said.
In December 2018, the State Committee for National Security of Kyrgyzstan discovered undeclared houses, apartments and millions on a bank account of the former deputy prime minister. He calls the criminal case against him a political show and does not admit his guilt.
Later, the State Committee sent out information that a criminal case was opened against Duishenbek Zilaliev’s wife in Latvia on the fact of illegal money laundering in a bank.
The Pervomaisky District Court of Bishkek sentenced him to 9 years in prison.