The former Miss Kyrgyzstan has seen her fiancé locked up by her uncle – the country’s president – after his ’embarrassingly ostentatious’ proposal.
Sadyr Japarov was outraged by Aftandil Sabyrbekov after he used a government helicopter as part of an elaborate proposal to the president’s niece, Lazzat Nurgozhoeva, 23.
Mr Japarov immediately released a statement condemning the proposal, suggesting Ms Nurgozhoeva might ‘draw the right conclusions from this’.
However, after two weeks without apology from the new husband-to-be, the president lost patience and ordered Mr Sabyrbekov’s arrest on drug charges, The Telegraph reported.
This has come over a series of weeks when Kyrgyzstan has been ravaged by mudslides and floods which killed dozens.
![The former Miss Kyrgyzstan, Lazzat Nurgozhoeva, has seen her fiancé Aftandil Sabyrbekov locked up by her uncle - the country's president - after his 'embarrassingly ostentatious' proposal (pictured)](https://i.dailymail.co.uk/1s/2024/07/28/01/87853835-13680117-image-a-80_1722128372380.jpg)
The former Miss Kyrgyzstan, Lazzat Nurgozhoeva, has seen her fiancé Aftandil Sabyrbekov locked up by her uncle – the country’s president – after his ’embarrassingly ostentatious’ proposal (pictured)
![Sadyr Japarov (seen) was outraged by Mr Sabyrbekov after he used a government helicopter as part of an elaborate proposal despite the country's struggles with fatal weather conditions this month](https://i.dailymail.co.uk/1s/2024/07/28/01/87853371-13680117-image-a-58_1722127351923.jpg)
Sadyr Japarov (seen) was outraged by Mr Sabyrbekov after he used a government helicopter as part of an elaborate proposal despite the country’s struggles with fatal weather conditions this month
![Ms Nurgozhoeva, 23, was Miss Kyrgyzstan in 2020, and has since deleted the viral engagement clip from her social media](https://i.dailymail.co.uk/1s/2024/07/28/01/87853369-13680117-image-m-57_1722127319297.jpg)
Ms Nurgozhoeva, 23, was Miss Kyrgyzstan in 2020, and has since deleted the viral engagement clip from her social media
![Over a dozen people have been killed by floods and landslides in Kyrgyzstan in recent months. Pictured: People being evacuated to safety by search and rescue teams after heavy rains in the country](https://i.dailymail.co.uk/1s/2024/07/28/01/87852727-13680117-image-a-59_1722127723170.jpg)
Over a dozen people have been killed by floods and landslides in Kyrgyzstan in recent months. Pictured: People being evacuated to safety by search and rescue teams after heavy rains in the country
As well ordering the arrest of his would-be family addition, Mr Japarov told media that Mr Sabyrbekov had not loved the former pageant star, adding he only proposed to protect himself from future arrest.
A drug conviction in Kyrgyzstan tends to result in years behind bars.
The engagement video showed the couple on a hilltop which they arrived at on a £1,500-per-hour emergency helicopter despite the country’s experience of extreme weather this month.
They walked from the chopper to a fireworks display as they looked on to the message: ‘Will you marry me?’
Kyrgyzstan’s president has made a point of cracking down on wasting public finances since he came to power through a coup in 2020, and the video soon went viral in the nation.
Ms Nurgozhoeva, who was Miss Kyrgyzstan in 2020, went on to delete the clip from her social media.
A state of emergency was declared in Kyrgyzstan’s southern city Osh earlier this month after mudslides and flooding killed at least four people, adding to over a dozen who were killed by similar weather in recent months.