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  • Prosecutor admits theft of 30,000 buckets

    04/27/2006 5:44:27 AM PDT · by TRY ONE · 18 replies · 501+ views
    The SCOTSMAN ^ | 26 Apr 2006
    Prosecutor admits theft --- TURKMENISTAN'S former general prosecutor publicly confessed to taking bribes yesterday, begging president-for-life Saparmurat Niyazov for forgiveness in a tearful plea broadcast on state television. Kurmanbibi Atadzhanova was accused of taking bribes and stealing state property including 25 cars, 36 villas, 2,000 cattle and 30,000 buckets. "Great Leader, I admit everything, but I beg you to forgive me, don't jail me," she said in a sobbing confession on television. "I have three daughters." An indifferent-looking Mr Niyazov appeared in the same programme and told Atadzhanova: "You have to return everything you've stolen. The president can't forgive everyone....