As a result of operational measures in the Talas region, the akim of the Bakai-Ata district A.B.M., who previously held a position in the Talas regional department of the Ministry of Natural Resources, as well as the director of the Talas forestry A.N.Dzh. and several other officials were detained. This was reported by the State Committee for National Security of the Kyrgyz Republic.
During the inspection, serious and systematic violations of the legislation of the Kyrgyz Republic were identified.
The investigation established that from 2022 to 2023, the aforementioned individuals organized a corrupt scheme allowing for the illegal issuance of land plots for recreational purposes. These plots belong to the state forest fund and are located along the main road leading to the city of Talas. In particular, the plots were allocated to citizens M.N.I. (3.2 ha), K.u.Ch. (3 ha), A.G.A. (the wife of the head of the Bakai-Ata RGA, 2 ha), and S.M.T. (1.2 ha), on which recreation areas were built.
The lands were transferred without conducting the necessary calculations and payment of mandatory forest losses, without environmental expertise and registration with cadastral services, as well as without permits from architectural authorities. As a result of these actions, the state suffered damages exceeding 23 million soms solely from evasion of payment for forest losses.
In 2024, akim A.B.M., abusing his official position, in the absence of necessary permitting documents, in collusion with former deputy of the Ak-Dobo rural area S.I.A. and former head of the Ak-Dobo rural area B.O.Dzh., issued a permit for the felling of 475 pyramid poplars in the Bakai-Ata district. The damage from this amounted to 5 million 310 thousand 505 soms.
In connection with the above facts, criminal cases have been initiated under Article 337 of the Criminal Code of the Kyrgyz Republic "Abuse of official position." A.B.M. and A.N.Dzh. have been detained and placed in the temporary detention facility of the Talas city police. Further investigative and operational measures are underway to identify other participants in this corrupt scheme.
