Former Kyrgyz President Kurmanbek Bakiyev and Family Members Possess Multiple Belarusian Passports
Former Kyrgyz President Kurmanbek Bakiyev and Family Accused of Using Multiple Passports
The Investigative Alliance of Belarus has released information revealing that former president of Kyrgyzstan Kurmanbek Bakiyev and some members of his family possess multiple passports. The data was published on a YouTube channel.
According to investigators, the fugitive leader of the Kyrgyz Republic himself has passports with the surnames Bakiev and Saliev.
“This is a violation of Belarusian laws,” it is noted in the video.
Kurmanbek Bakiyev is reported to have obtained two passports for himself using different names and with different ID numbers. The investigators also found that he used the name Zakir Saliev in the second document.
“Not only Kurmanbek Bakiyev, but also his relatives, including his younger brother Zhanysh Bakiyev, nephew Asylbek Saliev, and others received two passports. Thanks to Belarusian documents, the Bakiyev clan traveled not only throughout the CIS countries, but also throughout Europe,” the journalists said.
Kurmanbek Bakiyev was overthrown on April 7, 2010, following a rally against family-clan rule in which weapons were used against protesters resulting in the deaths of more than 80 people.
Kurmanbek Bakiyev, his son Maxim, and brother Zhanysh were sentenced in absentia to long terms of imprisonment on a number of charges.
After escaping from Kyrgyzstan, the Bakiyevs settled in Minsk; Maxim Bakiyev now lives in the UK with his family. The investigation into their use of multiple passports is ongoing.
