Kyrgyz Supreme Court to take up coup attempt case of deputies
BISHKEK. July 5 (Interfax) - The Kyrgyz Supreme Court will hear on July 16 the case of three opposition deputies accused of an attempt to seize power, one of the deputies, Talant Mamytov, and his lawyer Iskender Jurabaev told a press conference on Friday.
"Courts of the first and second instances failed to present evidence proving that my client and the other deputies conspired to seize power," Jurabaev said.
Mamytov pointed to "serious violations in the investigation of the case of the deputies' attempt to seize power."
The Bishkek City Court, a court of second instance, acquitted Mamytov and his two colleagues from the Ata Zhurt faction, Kamchibek Tashiyev and Sadyr Zhaparov, on June 17.
The deputies were charged with an attempt to topple the authorities and public appeals for overthrowing the existent constitutional system.