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Monday, 14 November 2005

RELATIVE OF SLAIN KYRGYZ LEGISLATOR SETS SELF ON FIRE

Published in News Digest

By empty (11/14/2005 issue of the CACI Analyst)

Asan Erkinbaev, the elder brother of murdered deputy Bayaman Erkinbaev, set himself on fire in Jalalabad on 11 November to protest what the slain legislator\'s relatives have termed a lax investigation, RFE/RL\'s Kyrgyz Service reported. Firemen managed to douse the flames, but Erkinbaev was hospitalized with burns. Acting Jalalabad Governor Jusup Jeenbekov arrived on the scene, and Murat Jusupov, Asan Erkinbaev\'s nephew, reiterated the protestors\' demands: the release of Bayaman Erkinbaev\'s bodyguards and relatives from detention by evening, the arrest of those responsible for Erkinbaev\'s death within three days, and the return of the slain deputy\'s property to his relatives.
Asan Erkinbaev, the elder brother of murdered deputy Bayaman Erkinbaev, set himself on fire in Jalalabad on 11 November to protest what the slain legislator\'s relatives have termed a lax investigation, RFE/RL\'s Kyrgyz Service reported. Firemen managed to douse the flames, but Erkinbaev was hospitalized with burns. Acting Jalalabad Governor Jusup Jeenbekov arrived on the scene, and Murat Jusupov, Asan Erkinbaev\'s nephew, reiterated the protestors\' demands: the release of Bayaman Erkinbaev\'s bodyguards and relatives from detention by evening, the arrest of those responsible for Erkinbaev\'s death within three days, and the return of the slain deputy\'s property to his relatives. Erkinbaev\'s relatives said that they will set themselves on fire if their demands are not met by 15 November, Kyrgyz Television 1 reported. Also on 11 November, Kyrgyzstan\'s National Security Service (SNB) announced that five people have been charged in connection with Erkinbaev\'s death, RFE/RL\'s Kyrgyz Service reported. Four of them are currently in custody; a fifth is in hiding in a neighboring country, the SNB said. The preliminary investigation has reportedly revealed that the suspects are members of an organized-crime group and that the murder was not committed for political reasons. (RFE/RL)
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