Kyrgyzstan's State Committee of National Security (UKMK) said on July 25 that a Bishkek court had sent former Natural Resources Minister Dinara Kutmanova to pretrial detention on embezzlement charges. A day earlier, President Sadyr Japarov said that Kutmanova's son, Kemelbek Kutmanov, had been detained in Turkey and will be extradited to Kyrgyzstan on corruption charges. Japarov said the probe against Kutmanov was linked to the alleged embezzlement of funds at the Kumtor gold mine. Last week, UKMK chief Kamchybek Tashiev publicly accused Kutmanova of alleged involvement in the embezzlement, which the ex-minister rejected. To read the original story by RFE/RL's Kyrgyz Service, click here.
Former Kyrgyz Natural Resources Minister Kutmanova Arrested On Embezzlement Charges
Former Natural Resources Minister Dinara Kutmanova (file photo)