The head of the Supreme Audit Chamber (SAC) Alikhan Smailov told the details of the audit of the activities of the Ministry of Justice in 2023, Orda.kz reports .
According to him, VAP initiated an inspection of the Ministry of Justice and its subordinate organizations, after which Antikor confiscated the reports of this inspection. Soon after, the detention of former Minister of Justice Marat Beketayev, who is suspected of lobbying interests and causing major damage to the state, followed.
"In accordance with the list of objects of state audit for 2023, the Supreme Audit Chamber conducted audit activities in the Ministry of Justice and its subordinate organizations on the use of funds from the republican budget for individual budget programs. Our conclusions were seized by the Anti-Corruption Agency, and a separate group of people were detained in this regard," Smailov said on the sidelines of the Senate.
Smailov said that he does not know the exact reason for Marat Beketayev’s detention, but the fact remains that VAP conducted an audit and Antikor took the reports.
Let us recall that on October 21, 2023, Marat Beketayev tried to leave the territory of Kazakhstan to avoid possible punishment, but he was arrested anyway. And he has been under arrest for more than a year. He is suspected of lobbying the interests of an affiliated company and causing damage to the state on an especially large scale.
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