“False information about the escape of the convict Bishimbayev is being spread on social networks. This information is not true. This convict is serving his sentence in a maximum security facility,” reads the report.
"A criminal case has already been opened regarding the dissemination of this false information, and those responsible will be held accountable," the committee added.
A number of Russian Telegram channels spread reports that Bishimbayev allegedly fled.
In November 2023, Saltanat Nukenova was brutally murdered. The court found her common-law husband, former Minister of National Economy Kuandyk Bishimbayev, guilty and sentenced him to 24 years in prison.
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