Kazakh Ambassador to Uzbekistan suspended for embezzlement
22:40, 22 October 2018
ASTANA. KAZINFORM Head of State Nursultan Nazarbayev has signed a decree on suspension of Ambassador Extraordinary and Plenipotentiary of Kazakhstan to Uzbekistan Yerik Utembayev, Kazinform refers to Akorda press service.
According to Official Spokesperson of Kazakhstan Anti-Corruption Agency Zhanna Bastarova, the Ambassador is suspected in embezzlement of large amount of public funds.