The former head of the National Security Committee of Kazakhstan Karim Massimov arrested. He is suspected of treason, he is in pre-trial detention center. It is also reported on the detention of other persons, their names were not disclosed, – the report says. Earlier, the former adviser to the President of Kazakhstan Yermukhamet Yertysbayev called one of the reasons for the crisis in the republic – the betrayal of some high-ranking officials and law enforcement officers.
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Orda.kz portal reported in his Telegram channel that by the decision of the investigating court of Nur-Sultan, the former head of the National Security Committee (KNB) of Kazakhstan, Karim Massimov, arrested for two months. The man is suspected of treason.
The former head of the National Security Committee of Kazakhstan Karim Massimov arrested. He is suspected of treason, he is in pre-trial detention center. It is also reported on the detention of other persons, their names were not disclosed, – the report says.
Previously reported that Mr Massimov arrested on suspicion of treason, it happened on January 8.
The KNB explained that on January 6 a pre-trial investigation into treason started (Article 175 part 1 of the Criminal Code of Kazakhstan). Mr Massimov is 56 years old. Since 2000, he has been working in the government structures of Kazakhstan as head of the Ministry of Transport, vice-premier, assistant to the President and Prime Minister. In 2016, he headed the KNB, removed from his position since the beginning of the riots.
Earlier, the former adviser to the President of Kazakhstan Yermukhamet Yertysbayev called one of the reasons for the crisis in the republic the betrayal of some high-ranking officials and law enforcement officers. He described the events taking place in the country as an attempt at a coup d’état and noted that it was impossible without betrayal in the highest echelons of power.