AUG. 18 2017 (The Bulletin) — Akmurat Rejepov, former Turkmen President Saparmurat Niyazov’s spy chief, has died in prison 10 years after he was arrested for corruption and tax evasion, human rights groups said. Rejepov had been Niyazov’s security chief and had supposedly been influential in promoting Kurbanguly Berdymukhamedov as his replacement when he died in 2006. He was arrested and imprisoned in May 2007.
ENDS
Copyright ©Central Asia & South Caucasus Bulletin — all rights reserved
(News report from Issue No. 340, published on Aug. 20 2017)