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| 02.12.200914:19 (GMT) | The General Prosecutor’s Office of Kazakhstan has brought criminal cases for abuse of power during the arrest of the Deputy Head of Department for Combating Economic Crimes and Corruption of the Almaty city Financial Police directorate Aydin Zhanteleyev, news agency KazTAG reports. The news agency adds that the General Prosecutor’s Office broght criminal cases against members of the National Security Committee who detained Zhanteleyev.
According to the head of the Department of the General Prosecutor's Office of Kazakhtan Kuzembek Noghaybekov, at detention of Zhanteleyev, the KNB agents allowed gross violations of the law. In particular, the witnesses were summoned only 20-30 minutes after the arrest. Besides, one of the witnesses is a relative of a KNB officer who participated in the arrest. Noghaybekov explained that this was contrary to the Criminal Procedure Code. General Prosecutor’s Office of Kazakhstan closed the criminal case against Zhanteleyev due to lack of evidence.
Noghaybekov does not exclude that the suspension from office of the leadership of the KNB Almaty Department is connected with the case of Zhanteleyev. "It's hard to judge. But I do not rule that out," news agency cites the Head of the General Prosecutor's Office.
The deputy head of the Financial Police was arrested on November 5 on suspicion of illegal purchase and possession of narcotic substances. Marijuana and hashish were withdrawn from Zhanteleyev during the search. The leadership of the Financial Police has questioned the legality of the detention of its staff member, KazTAG adds.
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