Rights restored for 413,000 Kazakhstanis, says Prosecutor General

Prosecutor General Berik Assylov briefed President Kassym-Jomart Tokayev on a national report covering law enforcement oversight and prosecutorial performance, according to the Akorda press service as cited by Qazinform News Agency. He reported that total criminal offenses fell 14.6% in the first nine months of the year, with crimes in public places down 22.3% and street crime down 20.1%.

Prosecutors have recovered 1.3 trillion tenge in assets to date, and the funds have been used for the construction and modernization of 466 social infrastructure projects, 378 of which are already completed. Together with other law enforcement bodies, prosecutors also adopted a package of measures to tackle cyber fraud, the illicit drug trade and other major crimes.

In the socio-economic sphere, prosecutors restored the constitutional rights of 413,000 citizens, including labor rights for over 200,000 workers. The report also noted that 2,886 investors have received support since the start of the year, and prosecutors are monitoring 3,500 active projects.