Kyrgyz security service arrest ex-PM Chudinov
BISHKEK - Another official close to ousted former Kyrgyz President Kurmanbek Bakiyev, former Prime Minister Igor Chudinov, has been arrested, a source from the State National Security Service told Interfax on Tuesday, Interfax reported.
"Chudinov was detained by the security service, he did not show up voluntarily as some media outlets reported," the source said.
Chudinov led the Kyrgyz government under Bakiyev from December 2007 until October 2009. He then led the republic's Development Fund.
So far the security service has not explained why the ex-prime minister has been arrested.
The Kyrgyz Prosecutor General's office said earlier that a number of criminal cases were being launched against former leaders of the Development Fund, including cases based on charges of abuse of office and the misuse of a government loan.
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