The second in the history of Kazakhstan trial on Interfering with legal professional activity of journalist began in Petropavlovsk

On October 10, hearings on Interfering with legal professional activity of Kabar 24 TV journalists began at the Petropavlovsk City Court. The head of the security service of the mall, Sultan Sagandykov is charged with Art. 158 of the Criminal Code of the Republic of Kazakhstan.

As it was reported, on August 2, 2021, Khabar 24 TV team was was covering the functioning of the ASHIQ program (that identifies COVID-19 status) in the Dostyk Mall. Security officers of the Dostyk Mall shopping center pushed them out of the building. Journalists Samat Dzhakupov, Natalya Volkova and cameraman Tolegen Imanov filed a complaint with the police. Since then, the criminal investigation was dropped for five times. Each time journalists insisted that the case was dropped illegally.