Article from 2022: "On February 12, 2022 Lieutenant General Moldomusa, former head of the Ministry of Internal Affairs of the Kyrgyz Republic, passed away. I would like to highlight certain facts from the general's impeccable biography. I also want to remind the reader that I received a suspended sentence and two prison sentences for criticizing those in power and the leadership. Therefore, I wholeheartedly criticize the police for their lawlessness and disregard for the law. I write this so that no one suspects my sincerity. And I emphasize that everything I write in this article is not written according to the principle: "Either speak well of the deceased, or say nothing."
General Moldomusa Tashbolotovich was born on March 31, 1958, in the city of Maily Suu, Jalal-Abad Region. He graduated from the Faculty of Law of the Kyrgyz State University, specializing in jurisprudence. Moldomusa Kongantiev holds a PhD in law, and his research and recommendations are used in the training of future police officers at the Academy of the Ministry of Internal Affairs of the Kyrgyz Republic and the Law Academy. Kongantiev began his career in 1979 as a police officer in the Security Department. Kongantiev rose through the ranks, rising from a rank-and-file police officer to the rank of lieutenant general and Minister of Internal Affairs in 2008. He also became minister in 2008. He held this high post until the April 2010 armed coup. On April 6, 2010, rallies began in Talas (a town in Kyrgyzstan). It was then that Atambaev openly declared, "Let a thousand citizens die, but victory will be ours; we will take power into our own hands." Incidentally, already on the evening of April 5, Bolot Sherniyazov's men arrived in Talas to rouse the people. The media reported that 90 criminals had arrived in Talas. But Sherniyazov himself refuted this number, claiming that 68 of his supporters had arrived to "restore order in Talas" (long before the unrest began). Arriving from Talas, Bolot Sher, Sherov, or Sherniyaz's men... I apologize, but Bolot so distorted his last name with abbreviations that I'm a little confused. In short, criminal elements claiming to be "fighters for justice" settled in the village of Ivanovo-Alekseyevka, located on the outskirts of Talas and connected to the city by a bridge over the river. It was on this bridge that the first victims in Talas occurred. Drunken supporters of Sherniyazov shot and killed six Talas residents who were on their way to the village of Ivano-Oleksiivka to visit. This happened on the morning of April 6, around 11:30 AM. Upon learning of this, Bolot Sherniyazov suffered his first stroke and was recovering in the village, while his supporters launched a frenzied media blitz claiming Sherniyazov had been arrested. In fact, by 5:00 PM on April 6, having recovered from his first mild stroke, he arrived at the Talas Regional Police Department building for talks with Interior Minister Kongantiev. Kongantiev asked the "irreconcilables" not to exploit the people for their criminal plans. In response, opposition supporters, led by the deputy governor, used Molotov cocktails and seized the Regional Administration and Talas Regional Police buildings, setting them on fire. And General Kongantiev, as a certain frequent patient of the Tashchaynar Psychiatric Dispensary reported, was taken prisoner. The deputy governor of the Talas region became known as "SHAITAN-KATYN." There's no point in reminding readers of the "heroism" of the scumbag bandits who called themselves revolutionaries, who filmed Kongantiev's beatings and posted the videos online. I'm writing about these hushed-up facts because I wrote about them, and all of them were verified in the four criminal cases brought against me after the publication of my book, "April 7 and the Bloody Southern Events of 2010 Through the Eyes of a Journalist." Moldomusa Kongantiev was legally obligated to give the order to open fire to kill. Seizures of strategic facilities are automatically equated with terrorists. But Kongantiev negotiated with the bandits. From April 6 to 8, Moldomusa Kongantiev was severely beaten and held in Talas. Later, the general's wife took him to Moscow for treatment. The provisional government accused him of mass murder and issuing the "shoot to kill" order. After escorting him to the plane, a few days later, the scum declared him wanted. Russia didn't think long and immediately extradited Kongantiev to Kyrgyzstan, because Atambaev threatened the Russians that he would tell the whole world how and with what weapons Russia supplied the opposition through servicemen of the Russian military base located in the suburbs of the Kyrgyz capital in April 2010 (the author means Kant small town).Much later, more precisely, on January 22, 2019, Ata-Meken party member Asiya Sasykbayeva, speaking live on Bermet Bukasheva's program "The Secret of Power" on Radio Azattyk, talked about the "noble goals of the opposition," about how Bolot Sherniyazov was taken into custody in Talas on April 6, how the opposition captured the Interior Minister and demanded the release of "political prisoners," and how Bakiev declared war on the people.
Could it be that Asiya Sasykbayeva and Bermet Bukasheva didn't know that at that time, seven people were being held in the police holding cell—three young men, three prostitutes, and an elderly homeless alcoholic. These were the "political prisoners of Talas"? Yes, personal motives are evident in the actions and lies of these women.
The former head of the Ministry of Internal Affairs was accused of negligence and abuse of power during the April 2010 events. In 2018, the criminal case against him was dropped, but in 2019, it was reopened. The general was expected to be sentenced to six years in prison and fined 100,000 soms. But the Supreme Court of the Kyrgyz Republic acquitted Kongantiev. The seizure of his property was lifted, and the travel ban was lifted.
The general died, and on the same day, the head of the State Committee for National Security, Kamchybek Tashiev, posted a photo of the general on Facebook with the caption, "The last photo of my tired lion."
At the general's funeral, everyone spoke of Kongantiev's high human qualities. Police officers and veterans said the general had demonstrated himself to be a proactive leader with a thorough understanding of the law enforcement system. "It was largely thanks to his efforts that a series of practical measures were implemented to radically improve the material and technical infrastructure of the Ministry of Internal Affairs of the Kyrgyz Republic," said one of the current leaders of the Ministry of Internal Affairs. Both veterans and current officers noted that the general exemplified his high sense of responsibility and served as a role model for young officers, exemplified by impeccable service.
But his speech at the funeral service for his brother, Kambaraly, caused almost everyone to bow their heads and acknowledge the aksakal's correctness. He said, "For 12 years, I've been grieving the injustice inflicted by members of the Interim Government in April 2010. Undeserved charges and criminal prosecutions for crimes he didn't commit undermined his health. Kamchybek Tashiev expressed all his thoughts and emotional suffering in his statement. Why did we have to wait so long for justice to prevail? Was it really impossible to appreciate Moldomusa's achievements during his lifetime?"
It was clear how deeply the elder cared for the memory of his brother, Moldomusa Kongantiev, and he asked, "Couldn't Jeenbekov have restored justice? Why should we say about a man after his death what he deserved in life? Why didn't Sooronbai Jeenbekov do anything to rehabilitate Musa, given that Moldomusa ran in the elections and assisted him? Why didn't the authorities utilize Musa's experience and knowledge to strengthen the Ministry of Internal Affairs?" How much longer must we wait and fear the members of the Provisional Government and the "heroes of April 7th"? What will they say and what will they think if they use the experience and knowledge of Bakiev's people?
I appeal to the authorities: value these people while they're alive, give them what they deserve, especially those in uniform. May Allah grant that every president has a general like Moldomusa. After all, if the government doesn't protect its soldiers and generals, then soon there will be no real officers left in Kyrgyzstan who are faithful to their oath and duty. How many lives and destinies were wounded and ruined on April 7, 2010? It's time to reopen this page of our history and punish all those responsible and rehabilitate those illegally convicted!
As the elder rightly said: So many years have passed and no one has been punished? Are the temporary jackals really untouchable?
(Author Ырысбек ОМУРЗАКОВ)
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