DUSHANBE, June 12, 2012, Asia-Plus – Ms. Malika Malki, a European Commission attaché in Dushanbe, who was involve in a physical incident with Tajik police, will be expelled from the country in the near future.
A source at the European Commission’s office in Dushanbe says the decision to deport Malika Malki and her husband Jalal Kazu from Tajikistan has been made following examination of the incident by representatives of the European Commission’s office.
“Jalal Kazu who does not have diplomatic status has already left Tajikistan, while his wife Malika Malki, who is a European Commission attaché in Dushanbe, will leave Tajikistan within the next few days,” the source added.
We will recall that Radio Liberty’s Tajik Service reported that both Tajik and European officials have confirmed that Malika Malki, a European Commission attaché in Dushanbe, and fellow French citizen Jalal Kazu were involved in a physical incident with police.
According to Radio Liberty’s Tajik Service, in a statement published on June 6, Tajikistan”s Ministry of Interior said the 41-year-old Malki and the 42-year-old Kazu, “who were both heavily drunk, in an act of hooliganism disrupted public order and assaulted three employees of law-enforcement agencies.”
The police officers — identified as Gulmurod Faizov, Daler Shododov, and Ramazon Qurbonov, all in their early 30s — sustained injuries of various degrees as a result of the incident, according to the statement. All three reportedly required medical treatment for their injuries.
According to the ministry, neither Malki nor Kazu were carrying passports or other identification, in violation of the law, RFE/RL reports.
Tajik officials have said that due to Malki”s diplomatic immunity they have left it to the European Commission office in Dushanbe to decide how to proceed with the case.
