“On January 6 of this year, the National Security Committee launched a pre-trial investigation into high treason, under article 175 of part 1 of the Criminal Code of the Republic of Kazakhstan. On the same day, on suspicion of committing this crime, the former Chairman of the KNB K.K. Masimov was detained and placed in a temporary detention center. . and other persons, “the KNB said in a statement.
Other information has not yet been disclosed in the interests of the investigation.
Kazakh President Kassym-Zhomart Tokayev dismissed Massimov from office on January 5. Ermek Sagimbayev was appointed instead.
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