Kazakhstan has called the playing of a spoof of its national anthem at an international sporting event “a scandal”, and demanded an investigation.

OFFICIALS in Kazakhstan yesterday said the deposed president of Kyrgyzstan has left their country, where he had sought refuge in the wake of the bloody uprising in his nation.

Officials in Kazakhstan today said the deposed president of Kyrgyzstan has left their country, where he had sought refuge in the wake of the bloody uprising in his nation.