The head of the Samruk-Kazyna Fund and the head of railways were detained in Kazakhstan.

Nurlan Zhakupov, Chairman of the Board of the Samruk-Kazyna National Welfare Fund, and Yerlan Otynshiev, head of the Kazakhstan Temir Zholy National Railway Company (KTZ), were detained in Kazakhstan. This was announced on November 12 on the website of the press service of the National Security Committee (KNB) of the republic.

"The Chairmen of the Board of JSC Samruk-Kazyna, N.Zhakupov and JSC NC KTZ, E. Otynshiev, have been detained," the publication says.

It is specified that they are suspected of committing a corruption crime. The arrest was carried out by the Anti-Corruption Service of the National Security Committee. Other persons were detained along with the heads of the companies.

At the moment, investigative actions are being carried out to establish all the circumstances of the case. The agency added that additional information about the investigation was not disclosed.

In Kazakhstan, on November 2, the National Security Committee prevented an attempt to forcibly change the constitutional order by detaining 10 people. In addition, the activities of three clandestine educational centers for children and adolescents created by them were suppressed. The KNB noted that a number of members of the group had previously been convicted of terrorist and ordinary crimes.