Taipei, April 8 (CNA) The Ministry of Foreign Affairs (MOFA) elevated its travel alert level for Kyrgyzstan Thursday over concern about the unstable political situation in the Central Asian country, the ministry said in a statement that day.
The Kyrgyztan opposition said earlier in the day that it had seized power and taken control of the government after a massive protest that began Tuesday, sparked by increases in fuel and electricity rates, against President Kurmanbek Bakiyev, who was reported to have fled Bishkek, the capital.
The ministry elevated the travel alert level to orange, the second-highest on the MOFA's four-color system.
An orange alert advises travelers against making unnecessary trips to the place in question and to maintain high alert if they do go.
The ministry said in a statement that the massive anti-government protests had led to more than 60 deaths and hundreds injured, and that the political situation was expected to remain highly unstable. (By Chris Wang) ENDITEM/J