Verdict in fugitive Kazakh official's case to be delivered on Feb 14

ASTANA. KAZINFORM - Verdict in Anar Meshimbayeva's case will be delivered this week, judge of the Astana's Yessil district court Akmaral Issayeva confirmed.
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"I believe the jury will decide upon the sentence and announce it on Friday, February 14, at 17:00 p.m.," she said.

Anar Meshimbayev is most likely to be sentenced to 8 years in prison and confiscation of property.

As reported earlier, the former head of the Kazakh Statistics Agency Meshimbayeva has been wanted since 2009 for embezzling nearly KZT 760 million earmarked for the government procurement of services for the preparation of census tools for the 2009 national population census.

A. Meshimbayeva was arrested and later extradited by the Russian Federation to Kazakhstan last year.

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