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Corruption Investigation Leads to Arrest of CEO in Kyrgyzstan

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The general director of the contracting company OsOO "Ton Manzhily Service" has been detained, as reported by the press center of the State Committee for National Security (SCNS).

According to the SCNS, the National Security continues to investigate a criminal case regarding the violation of legislation during a tender for the purchase of special agricultural machinery by officials of the local government of the Kün-Chygysh rural district in the Ton district.

Photo by the SCNS press center

"The detained I.M.S. has been placed in pre-trial detention center No. 23 in the city of Karakol," the statement reads.

It is worth noting that earlier in this case, the deputy head of the local government of the Kün-Chygysh rural district, B.S., was detained while attempting to bribe an SCNS officer. The money was intended to secure a favorable outcome to halt the investigation into violations of the legislation during a tender for the purchase of automotive equipment amounting to 2.5 million som.