The Committee of the Penal Enforcement System (CPES) of the Ministry of Internal Affairs has refuted information about the detention of Yermek Shurmanov, Director General of the RSE «Еңбек». The media had previously reported the detention of the head of the enterprise and the head of the catering department, Furkat Khudaybergenov. According to updated CPES data, the investigation concerns one of the managers of the unit responsible for organising meals for convicts.
WHAT THE CPES REPORTED
According to the Telegram channel «Vlast», officers of the Ministry of Internal Affairs' own security department, together with the anti-corruption service of the National Security Committee (NSC), conducted operational measures at the RSE «Еңбек».
According to the CPES, law enforcement officers identified facts of unlawful activity by one of the managers of the unit responsible for organising catering.
The agency did not name this employee or specify other circumstances of the identified violations.
WHAT THE NSC CONFIRMED
Earlier, in response to a request from Kazinform, the NSC confirmed that a pre-trial investigation is under way.
«We inform you that a pre-trial investigation is being conducted. Other information, in accordance with part 1 of article 201 of the Criminal Procedure Code, is not subject to disclosure,» the committee stated.
The NSC did not specify under which article the investigation is being conducted or who exactly is involved in the case.
