"Kyrgyzstan arrests Chinese CEO of gold mining firm", Yahoo News, 25 November 2025

Kyrgyzstan said Tuesday it had arrested the Chinese CEO of a gold mining firm accused of causing "large-scale" environmental damage [...].

The CEO of Kemin Resource Group, who was arrested last Thursday, managed a mine accused of damaging thousands of square metres of land and providing false information to authorities, Kyrgyzstan's security service said in a statement.

Local residents had complained that exploration work had contaminated the water supply, threatened tourism and risked hastening the melting of glaciers [...].

Beijing did not immediately comment.