Kyrgyzstan: head of the Social Fund of Talas region was detained for bribe

The State Committee for National Security, when giving a bribe, caught the head of Talas regional department of the Social Fund in the act. This was reported in the department.

It was established that the head of the Social Fund offered a bribe for the termination of the investigation in relation to him on the fact of misappropriation of budget funds allocated for travel expenses.

“The official offered the employee of the State Committee $ 850 (70,000 KGS),” the State Committee for National Security informed.

The detainee was placed in the temporary detention center of the Department of Internal Affairs of Talas region.

The investigation of the case continues.