Dushanbe. 24 August. “Asia Plus” — Fakhriddin Zokirov – the former lawyer of Zaid Saidov, was detained the day before by the public prosecutor”s office in Dushanbe. He is suspected of extorting money in the amount of 5 thousand dollars from his client.
As “Ozodi” reported, along with Zokirov was also arrested the chief editor of the “Lawyer” magazine Saidbek Fozilov. Currently, the detainees are in prison of the Ministry of Internal Affairs of Tajikistan in Dushanbe. On Tuesday the court will officially announce their charge.
According to unconfirmed data, F.Zokirov and S.Fozilov are suspected of extortion. Allegedly, the lawyers exerted $ 5 thousand for facilitation from the Dushanbe resident.
