By STAFF REPORTER
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Published: Today
A FUGITIVE on Interpol's most wanted list has been arrested after a top
secret swoop by the UK Border Agency.
Maksim Bakiyev - the son of a deposed president - vanished from his
native country, Kyrgyzstan, more than two months ago but he was arrested
at a tiny Home Counties airport yesterday.
Bakiyev - whose father is former Kyrgyz president Kurmanbek Bakiyev -
was arrested moments after flying into the UK to seek asylum, sources
said today.
He was captured by UK Border Agency officials after touching down at
Farnborough Airport in Hampshire in a privately hired jet.
Embezzlement
Bakiyev - who headed Kyrgyzstan's Agency for Investment and Economic
Development before his father's regime was overthrown - was charged with
embezzlement and abuse of power by his country's new government.
The wherabouts of the 33-year-old have not been known since
anti-Government protesters clashed with security forces in the
north-western city of Talas on April 6.
He was on a flight to the United States for an official visit to
Washington but did not turn up for his meetings.
The UK Border Agency would not confirm if the arrest had been made due
to data protection, but other sources said Bakiyev had ordered a private
car to take him from the airfield - which is mainly used by business jet
companies.
Kyrgyzstan's Prosecutor-General's Office claim that last year Bakiyev
illegally transferred at least $35million of a $300 million Russian loan
to accounts at several banks under his control.
He and his business associates allegedly used the rest of the Russian
loan to buy and sell shares on foreign stock exchanges.
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