The General Prosecutor’s Office of Kazakhstan confirmed the detention of the former Minister of Internal Affairs, Yerlan Turgubeva.
“April 29 of the current year for excess of power and official powers that entailed grave consequences (Article 362 of Part 4 of the Criminal Code of the Republic of Kazakhstan), in accordance with Article 128 of the Criminal Procedure Code of the Republic of Kazakhstan, was detained by the ex-minister of the internal affairs of Turgumbaev E.Z. “, – said in a message from the Prosecutor General of the Republic.
“Given that the criminal case has information that constitutes state secrets, other data of pre -trial investigation are not subject to disclosure,” the department noted.
In Kazakhstan, the investigation of criminal cases related to the January events of 2022 continues.
According to the Kazakhstani media, Yerlan Turgumbaev headed the Ministry of Internal Affairs of response since 2019 and was relieved of his post after January events, in February 2022. About six months he was an adviser to the president, in 2023 he was appointed adviser to the regional anti -terrorism structure of the Shanghai Cooperation Organization (Rats SCO). After completing the accreditation in Rats SCO, Turgumbaev returned to Astana and became a defendant in the criminal case.