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Britain gives temporary asylum to deposed Kyrgyzstan President's son | The son of deposed Kyrgyzstan President, Maxim Bakiyev, has been given temporary asylum in Britain. Bakiyev
arrived in Britain on June 13, weeks after his father, former president Kurmanbek
Bakiyev, was ousted in violent protests in April. Bakiyev, 33, has been temporarily
allowed to enter Britain, according to his lawyers Carter Ruck. He claims he fled
Kyrgyzstan as authorities there were trying to make him a scapegoat for all their
problems, The Telegraph reports. They accuse him of instigating the deadly inter-ethnic
violence that broke out last week, and he also faces criminal charges related
to his former position as head of the agency that controls state assets and loans.
"Mr. Bakyiev was screened in accordance with normal procedures for port of entry
asylum claims, and then granted temporary admission pending the consideration
of his claim," a statement from Carter-Ruck Solicitors said. In comments released
by the law firm, Bakiyev rejected the charges against him, saying they were bogus.
"I have been forced into exile in fear for my life. The interim government in
Kyrgyzstan accuses me of new crimes every day," he said. "The charges are bogus,
to divert attention from their own crimes. They accuse me before there has been
any opportunity for an investigation. Clearly they seek to try to make me a scapegoat
for the chaos in the country," he added. |
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