Top Kyrgyz journalist on drug charges

 


BISHKEK, Kyrgyzstan: A well-known investigative journalist in former Soviet Kyrgyzstan has been charged with drug possession, police said on Sunday, days after releasing an investigation into the fuel business of a powerful political family.

Bolot Temirov, whose YouTube channel Temirov Live is known for its anti-corruption investigations, was detained by police on Saturday night after a media outlet's office was raided.

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