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Threats against Nurbek Toktakunov stopped

Threats against a lawyer Nurbek Toktakunov ceased. He told 24-kg.com news agency.

According to him, he is not going to withdraw his statement from the police. The Central Internal Affairs Directorate of Bishkek stressed that pre-trial proceedings under Article 145 «Threat with violence dangerous to life and health» of the Criminal Code of the Kyrgyz Republic were continued.

The police said that a human rights activist Dinara Oshurakhunova also filed a statement. She was also threatened by the unknown.

Toktakunov and Oshurakhunova complained of threats on the eve of a peaceful rally on Ala-Too square at the monument to April 7, 2010 events in support of freedom of speech and against corruption #REaction 2.0. Protesters demanded from the authorities real reforms, as well as to arrest the ex-deputy head of the Customs Raiymbek Matraimov.

Earlier, Nurbek Toktakunov filed an application to the Prosecutor General’s Office with a request to check the legality of the origin of the wealth of Rayimbek Matraimov, whose expenses exceed his official income.

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