Kazakhstan arrests former security chief

Almaty, January 8 Kazakhstan’s former intelligence chief has been arrested on suspicion of treason, the state security agency said on Saturday, as the former Soviet republic cracks down on a wave of unrest and starts to assign blame. The detention...

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Updated At : 01:02 PM Jan 09, 2022 IST

Almaty, January 8

Kazakhstan’s former intelligence chief has been arrested on suspicion of treason, the state security agency said on Saturday, as the former Soviet republic cracks down on a wave of unrest and starts to assign blame.

The detention of Karim Massimov was announced by the National Security Committee which he himself headed until he was fired by President Kassym-Jomart Tokayev on Wednesday as violent protests swept across the Central Asian nation.

Tokayev’s office said he had told Russian President Vladimir Putin in a phone call that the situation was stabilising. “Hotbeds of terrorist attacks persist. Therefore, the fight against terrorism will continue,” it quoted him as saying. — Reuters

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