A court in Kyrgyzstan has sent a former deputy chief of the Anti-Monopoly Service to pretrial detention for at least two months on a charge of calling for mass unrest. Akjoltoi Tukunov was detained on April 17 and initially charged with public calls to seize power and calls for mass unrest. The first charge was later dropped. On April 19, a court ruled in favor of his release though it ordered him not to leave Bishkek. Prosecutors appealed that ruling, demanding that he be placed in pretrial detention. That request was granted by the Chui district court on April 26. To read the original story by RFE/RL's Kyrgyz Service, click here.
