Seven hundred protestors seized 36 hectares (89 acres) of land in southern Bishkek on 15 September, RFE/RL\'s Kyrgyz Service reported. A spokesperson for the group said that Kyrgyz officials had promised them plots of land in the spring but have since failed to keep their word. The protestors claimed to have documents proving their right to the plots. Mayor Arstanbek Nogoev met with the protestors, promising to raise the issue with the city council and telling them that the plots of land in question have already been zoned for a park. Police were present but did not interfere. A rash of land seizures took place in Bishkek after the fall of President Askar Akaev on 24 March. (RFE/RL)