The Anti-Corruption Agency reports the detention of the chairman of the Aktau City Criminal Court in the Mangystau region.
This is likely referring to Bauyrzhan Shaidullin. The media notes that last week, official information about his detention appeared on social media.
It is alleged that the court chairman, through a trusted intermediary, received 18 million tenge from a female defendant to deliver a sentence that did not involve imprisonment.
It is noted that the bribe-giver has also been taken into custody and placed in the pre-trial detention centre in Aktau. Any other information is not disclosed in the interests of the investigation.