R. Aliyev's interview to Kazakhstan Today agency on Nurbank incident
There were many versions regarding the incident in Nurbank contradicting one another. Some individuals claimed R. Aliyev's participation in these events. Kazakhstan Today agency addressed R. Aliyev to comment on the situation.
R. Aliyev: The only thing that in all these versions, hypotheses and rumors is the truth is that I am a shareholder of Nurbank. It is not a secret for anyone.
All the rest including the information on a disappeared former employee of the bank is an obvious libel resembling carefully planned provocation. As far as I know, this person is suspected in a criminal offence and at the moment is under house arrest giving evidence to inspectors.
Nurbank administration already stated that it would resort to legal protection of its reputation against slander and dirty insinuations. As the bank shareholder, I join this claim.
As it was informed earlier, on January 31 the head office of Nurbank located at Dostyk 38, ran the risk of an attack of the group of armed people who were neutralized by the bank guards and arrested by the representatives of law enforcement bodies. As it was found out, the participants of the bank attack appeared to be regular employees of the special group (SWAT), the department of the internal affairs of Almaty.
According to the State Agency for Prevention of Economic Crimes and Corruption (Financial Police, SWAT members tried to thwart an internal audit in the bank carried out in connection with the revealed unauthorized transaction which was carried out by a former bank managers. According to the financial police version, one week prior to the incident Nurbank governing board Abilmazhen Gilimov, a chairman and his assistant Zholdas Timraliyev illegally transferred 809 million KZT.
At present SWAT unit members who took part in the bank attack are detained. The commander Nauryzbay Kydyrgozhayev and the deputy chief of the department of internal affairs of Almaty Nurlan Samalikhov have been arrested. Ex-chairman of the bank A. Gilimov is under the written undertaking not to leave the place and his ex-assistant Z. Timraliyev is in search.
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