Mark Seidenfeld: Kazakhstan’s two marathoners
Well, Mark Seidenfeld’s trial did indeed begin (at last) on Friday June 15th.
The judge ordered that the initial complainant, Mr. Zhunssov, be present on Monday, June 18th, the second day of the new trial.
On Monday, Mr. Zhunussov, the complainant, was nowhere in court. Instead, he was in China, running in a Marathon.
Marathon No. 2
Mr. Seidenfeld’s Marathon has lasted since his unexpected arrest in December of 2005. It has included the Russian Prison Endurance event; the Prison Train competition; and then a stretch of Kazakhstan Imprisonment. I suppose one could actually call it a triathlon.
Next trial date is June 27–I will keep checking on this case and giving updates.
June 21st, 2007 at 11:40 pm
[…] Bonnie Boyd provides an update on the trial of Mark Seidenfeld which opened on 15 June, after a delay earlier. However, the complainant, Zhunssov was not in court, because he was too busy running a marathon in China. Clearly either this case is not very important to him, or he has watched to many Western movies in which cool people carry out business from mountain retreats while underlings do the dirty work. However, the nasty judge seems to think Zhunussov should be there 18 June when next trial date is set. «« Previous: New Law on Parliament Passed […]