BISHKEK, April 24 (RIA Novosti) - The daughter of former Kyrgyz president Askar Akayev, detained in the Central Asian republic Monday, will be released after giving evidence, a senior security official said.
"[Bermet Akayeva] was brought in for witness testimony," said Elmurza Satybaldiyev, deputy head of Kyrgyzstan's National Security Service.
"Bermet Akayeva has agreed to give testimony. She is being questioned at the moment," he said, without specifying in which case Akayeva was giving evidence.
The Kyrgyz Prosecutor General's Office said Akayeva would be questioned in connection with investigation into her husband, Adil Toigonbayev, and brother, Aidar Akayev. Bermet's mother, Mairam Akayeva, who headed a charity foundation allegedly used as a channel for illegal money transactions, also features in the case, prosecutors said.
Toigonbayev, a businessman from Kazakhstan, and Aidar Akayev are accused of embezzlement of public funds. The investigation was opened after Askar Akayev fled the country.
A criminal case against Bermet Akayeva was dropped when she was stripped of a parliamentary mandate. She made it into parliament in February-March 2005, but the election results were invalidated over massive violations.
Askar Akayev has repeatedly denied accusations against his family members
Satybaldiyev said Akayeva could not be detained for longer than three hours by law.
Akayeva was detained Monday as she tried to enter the country from neighboring Kazakhstan.
She was reportedly traveling to Kyrgyzstan for a presentation of her book about last year's "tulip revolution," which led to the ouster of her father, accused of corruption and authoritarianism. Bermet was due to give a news conference Tuesday.
