国际英语新闻：Kyrgyz police disperse anti-government protests

Claiming the nation isn't ready to hold parliamentary elections in October, demonstrators demanded a role in the government for Baryktabasov.

They also demanded to meet with Otunbayeva and stop a criminal investigation against Baryktobasov.

"At the current time the situation in the city (Bishkek) is under control and we will not allow a destabilisation," Interior Minister Kubatbek Baibolov said on national television.

The Central Asian nation has suffered months of turmoil and bloodshed since the ouster of President Kurmanbek Bakiyev in early April. The violence has killed more than 300 people and injured thousands more.

Otunbayeva, who is trying to restore order and stability in the country, held a constitutional referendum June 27 to approve a new constitution.