Pre-trial hearings on Bigelgy Gabdullin’s case are called for 11 January
10 january 2017
Editor-in-chief of newspaper “Central Asia Monitor” and director of the internet-portal “Radiotochka.kz” Bigelgy Gabdullin was accused of extortion (art. 194 p.4, s.2 of the Criminal Code). According to the National anticorruption bureau, B.Gabdullin used his media CentralAsiaMonitor and Radiotochka.kz to extort signing public contracts from government bodies. On 15 November 2016 B.Gabdullin was detained and then arrested.
