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Kazakhstan will launch a public registry of individuals convicted of corruption, according to Ulan Sarkulov, First Deputy Chairman of the Agency for Counteracting Corruption, Tengrinews.kz reports.
“This is a preventive tool. Its main goal is to foster public intolerance toward corruption through societal condemnation. The registry will include information on those convicted of serious and especially grave corruption offenses. Inclusion in the registry will be based on a final and binding court verdict,” Sarkulov stated during a session of the Mazhilis (the lower house of parliament), where anti-corruption amendments to legislation are being discussed.
The registry will be published on the Agency for Counteracting Corruption’s website. It will list the convicted individual's name, former workplace and position at the time of the crime, details of the offense, case references, and the sentence imposed.
Removal from the registry will be possible if a person is acquitted by a final court decision or has their conviction expunged.
Discussions about establishing a public registry of corrupt officials in Kazakhstan first surfaced in 2022. At the same time, the anti-corruption agency proposed introducing criminal liability for promising or offering bribes. This initiative is also included in the package of legislative amendments currently under review by parliament.
