SEVERED ears and fingers have been sent in packages to three high-ranking government officials in Kyrgyzstan.The body parts were sent to the presidential administration chief, the director of the competition monitoring agency and a member of the electoral commission, opposition leader Omurbek Tekebayev told the Delo N newspaper. "It is a warning," Mr Tekebayev said. "The finger means: 'Don't put your hands where they don't belong'. It is surely motivated by a shift in influence within politics and the economy. The ear means be obedient."
Kyrgyzstan, a Central Asian former Soviet republic, has been rocked by waves of political unrest since a popular revolt in March 2005 which toppled former president Askar Akayev and brought President Kurmanbek Bakiyev to power.