Batmakan Zholbolduyeva

Affiliated media: YouTube channel Batma-Bat, Blogger

Incident date: February 9, 2024

Attack type:

• Criminal/administrative prosecution excluding (1), (2) and (3)

Who attacked: Authorities

Source: 24.kg

Location: Kyrgyzstan, Batken

Additional information:

Blogger Batmakan Zholbolduyeva is suspected of extorting money. As part of the initiated criminal case, she was detained and taken to the pre-trial detention centre. It is specified that the suspect came to one of the catering outlets in Jalal-Abad. The blogger filmed a video clip about non-compliance with sanitary and epidemiological requirements. «After that, because of material gain, having collected information about the employee of the State Sanitary and Epidemiological Surveillance, supervising the sphere of public catering, she published on her page in the social network Facebook the previously filmed video material, where she indicated about „backing“ of the outlet. For the removal of the video, the blogger demanded from the employee of the State Sanitary and Epidemiological Inspection a monetary reward of KGS 25,000», — the report says. According to the special services, she was detained by the SCNS officers while receiving the money.