MAY 6 2011 (The Conway Bulletin) – In a case that highlighted the porous border controls in Central Asia, Kazakh PM Karim Massimov said he had sacked the head of Kazakhstan’s customs agency after security forces broke up a smuggling ring which had bribed officials to operate freely across a border with China for five years.
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(News report from Issue No. 39, published on May 9 2011)
MARCH 29 2011 (The Conway Bulletin) – Turkmen President Kurbanguly Berdymukhamedov sacked national security minister Charymyrat Amanov for unspecified “shortcomings”, state TV said. Mr Amanov had been in the post since 2007. President since December 2006, Mr Berdymukhamedov has often sacked minsters suddenly and with no explanation.
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(News report from Issue No. 34, published on April 4 2011)
MARCH 31 2011 (The Conway Bulletin) – Kyrgyzstan’s President Roza Otunbayeva sacked the Kyrgyz Prosecutor-General Kubatbek Baibolov over links to a corruption scandal centred on the privatisation of mobile operator MegaCom. Mr Baibolov denies the allegations. The next day a row in parliament over the scandal between two deputies triggered a brief fight.
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(News report from Issue No. 34, published on April 4 2011)
JAN. 11 2011 (The Conway Bulletin) – Turkmen President Kurbanguly Berdymukhamedov sacked the head of the country’s gas company, Dovlet Mommayev, after only 3 months in the job, media reported quoting state TV. Amanali Khanaliyev, previously head of building pipelines, is the new head of Turkmengaz.
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(News report from Issue No. 23, published on Jan. 17 2011)