New Revelations In Istanbul Assassination That Rattled Kyrgyzstan

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One year ago, a Chinese-born Uyghur whistle-blower was gunned down in a cafe in Istanbul after providing RFE/RL with documents exposing how he funneled hundreds of millions of dollars out of Kyrgyzstan. Newly obtained documents show his widow's police testimony implicated a former senior Kyrgyz official central to the smuggling scheme in his assassination.