Representatives of the National Bureau of Action Against Corruption detained several officials from the Ministry of Energy. This was reported by the press service of the Ministry.

As it turned out, Vice Minister of Energy Gani Sadibekov and head of contractor LLP "Aimak" Duanbek D. together embezzled a large amount of budget funds that allocated for the river clearing in the Shuchinsk-Borovoe resort area.

"The Department of Energy Department Head Nurbekov Zh. and the representatives of the contracting company Zhumalinov S., Kadyrberlin B. took part in the corruption case. According to the false acts signed by Sadibekov, the Ministry of Energy paid 3,6 billion tenge in 2017. More than 1 billion tenge of this amount turned into cash and embezzled ", - said the representative of the Bureau.

In addition, 1б5 billion tenge allocated for the cleaning of the river by 2018 has been stolen.

"Sadibekov, Nurbekov, Duanbek, Zhumalinov and Kadyrberlin were detained. The pre-trial investigation was launched", - the representative of the Bureau.

Translated by Nazerke Syundyukova

“The Qazaq Times”