Kyrgyzstan Arrests Tashiev's Brother Over Corruption

0:00It's April 1st. Welcome in. This is Global News Today, where the world meets AI. I'm Cory with the story. Kyrgyzstan's cops just nabbed the brother of Kam Shabek Tashiyev, the ex-security chief who got the boot back in February. Until then, folks saw Tashiyev as a number two guy after President Sadar Japerov in this Central Asian spot with 7 million people. Now his sibling Shabek, a former lawmaker, is locked up over corruption charges tied to flipping oil. The interior ministry dropped the news this week, pending preliminary state losses at 4.1 billion sums, about $47 million. They want Shabek to cough up that cash, and he's cooling his heels in a Bishkek detention center. This arrest fits a bigger crackdown since Tashiyev's ouster, with accusations of corruption flying his way too. Dozens of his crew ministers, mayors, lawmakers, have been fired or quit amid the purge. Shabek and other family got grilled multiple times before this bust. Meanwhile, Kyrgyzstan,

1:03tight with Russia, faces heat from the west over dodging sanctions, hitting their banks and crypto outfits, moves the government's calling unfair. All this shakes off the power scene there, as the cleanup rolls on, and eyes stay glued on Bishkek's moves.