Former head of Statistics Agency extradited to Kazakhstan

ASTANA. September 7. KAZINFORM - Today Moscow representatives of Kazakh law enforcement agencies have brought to Astana Anar Meshimbayeva, the former chairman of the Statistics Agency of Kazakhstan, who was extradited to Kazakhstan by the decision of the Prosecutor General of the Russian Federation on the request of his Kazakh colleagues, the press service of the General Prosecutor's Office of Kazakhstan reports.
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According to the press service Meshimbayeva would be arraigned on a criminal charge for misappropriation of entrusted property and abuse of power.

Extradition of Anar Meshimbayeva was carried out in the framework of the Convention on legal assistance and legal relations in civil, family and criminal cases.

Meshimbayeva has been placed into the detention center of the Department of Internal Affairs of Astana city. The criminal investigation will be conducted by the Agency for Combating Economic and Corruption Crimes (Financial Police).

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