ГКНБ: Вице-мэра Бишкека подозревают в покровительстве незаконному строительству

Вице-мэр Бишкека задержан по подозрению в покровительстве незаконному строительству

Новость от 25 мая 2023 года

Максатбек Сазыкулов, занимающий должность вице-мэра Бишкека по вопросам транспорта и строительства, был задержан по подозрениям в оказании покровительства незаконному строительству коммерческих объектов. Информацию о задержании предоставили в Государственной комиссии по борьбе с коррупцией (ГКНБ).

Согласно сообщению, Сазыкулова подозревают в том, что being the head of the administration of one of the districts of Bishkek, he conspired with an affiliated person and organized a scheme to provide illegal benefits to a business entity. Notably, he unlawfully instructed to allocate a municipal land plot in the city center for the construction of a commercial facility to an unscrupulous business entity, exceeding his authority.

It was reported that the current market value of the plot exceeds $200,000. Local self-government authorities discovered the construction of a commercial structure covering an area of 300 sq. m without the necessary permits. The message stated, “The object was supposed to be demolished according to the law. However, the official deliberately obstructed the process and created various obstacles, leading to the illegal structure not being dismantled,” as stated by the Public Relations Department of the GKNB.

Recently, a park was set up on the site where the commercial structure was built. It is also known that the tender for the improvement of the park was initiated by the vice-mayor of Bishkek. During the competitive bidding, another corruption case was revealed as reported by the GKNB. It was found that over 17 million soms from the local budget were spent on the park’s construction, but a preliminary analysis of the construction expertise uncovered an overestimation of the actual work costs by 6-7 million soms.

Based on the gathered evidence, the vice-mayor of Bishkek responsible for transport and construction, Maksatbek Sazykulov, and businessman T.B.M. were detained and placed in the GKNB pre-trial detention center, according to the statement from the PR Department of the GKNB.