According to the press service of the Supreme Court, on July 25, the Mirabad District Court held the first hearing on the criminal case against blogger Abduqodir Muminov.
A 33-year-old blogger, a native of the Surkhandarya province, the head of Oynaga Qarang LLC, is accused of committing crimes under the following articles of the Criminal Code:
• cl. a, b, part 2 of Art. 141-1 (Violation of privacy, entailing grave consequences and committed out of selfish motives);
• cl. a, part 3 art. 165 (Extortion committed on an especially large scale);
• cl. b, c part 3 and cl. a, part 4 art. 168 (Fraud committed repeatedly or by a dangerous recidivist using his official position, on an especially large scale);
• part 1 of art. 189 (Violation of rules of trade in goods or provision of services valued on an especially large scale);
• cl. a, part 3 art. 211 with the application of Art. 28 (Giving a bribe on an especially large scale).
The case will be considered by the Mirabad District Criminal Court.
“More information will be provided after the court session is over,” said Aziz Abidov, a spokesman to the Supreme Court.
According to the approved indictment, 14 victims are involved in this criminal case. As a result of the crimes of which Muminov is accused, they suffered damage worth of 903,421,567.5 soums, or 80 thousand USD.
