Interpol refuses to put ex-Kyrgyz president on its wanted list
BISHKEK. Jan 15 (Interfax) - Former Kyrgyz President Kurmanbek Bakiyev, his brother Kanybek, and his elder son, Marat, have not been placed on Interpol's international wanted list, the deputy director of the Interpol National Central Bureau in Kyrgyzstan, Dairbek Kazybayev, told a press conference in Bishkek on Friday.
"Interpol has declined to put Kurmanbek Saliyevich and Kanybek Saliyevich Bakiyev, as well as [the former president's] elder son Marat on its international wanted list," Kazybayev said.
"The refusal to put them on the wanted list stems from Article 3 of Interpol's Charter, which says that it is strictly forbidden for the organization to undertake any intervention or activities of a political, military, religious or racial character," he said.
At the same time, these people, as well as Kurmanbek Bakiyev's two other brothers, Zhanysh and Akhmat, have been placed on the international wanted list in line with the Minsk convention, he added.