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Prosecutors in Kazakhstan say they have concluded their investigations into the actions of a former senior security official related to former President Nursultan Nazarbayev during bloody unrest in January 2022 and that the case will now be taken up by the courts. Samat Abish, Nazarbayev’s nephew, who was serving as deputy head of the National Security Committee, or KNB, at the time of the turmoil, stands accused of abuse of office. The Prosecutor General’s office said in a statement on January 15 that details of the investigation will be classified as they include state secrets. Abish, who is…

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