Tajkistan, Law-order

14:35, june 13, 2008

Border officer convicted of killing

KHUJND, June 13, Asia-Plus -- A military in the Sughd province has sentenced the chief of the frontier post Punuk in Sughd’s Asht district, Senior Lieutenant Zavqibek Ashourov, to a long jail

11:35, june 12, 2008

DCA officers learn how to prevent corruption

DUSHANBE, June 12, Asia-Plus - A three-day seminar for officers from the Drug Control Agency (DCA) on preventing corruption started at the DCA head office in Dushanbe on June 11.

13:46, june 11, 2008

Kulob resident faces charge of dual killing

KULOB, June 11, Asia-Plus -- A dual killing was committed in Khatlon’s Kulob district on June 9.

18:54, june 10, 2008

Qurghon Teppa entrepreneur faces tax evasion charge

QURGHON TEPPA, June 10 Asia-Plus --Murod Ilyosov, an entrepreneur from Qurghon Teppa, the capital of the Khatlon province faces charge of tax evasion.

11:43, june 10, 2008

Four officials in Khuroson convicted on charges of bribery and abuse of office

QURGHON TEPPA, June 10, Asia-Plus -- A court in Khatlon’s Yovon district has sentenced four officials of Khatlon’s Khuroson district to long jail termsl.

11:20, june 10, 2008

Suhrob Langariyev and his confederates give confessional evidence: GKNB

DUSHANBE, June 10, Asia-Plus -- 423 kilograms of drugs, with the majority of them being raw opium and heroin, that were seized on the highway from Dushanbe to Khujand on May 11 belonged to the drug

18:55, june 9, 2008

GBAO justice directorate chief replaced

KHORG, June 9, Asia-Plus -- By justice minister’s order Ganjibek Muzaffarbekov, formerly Khorog military prosecutor, has been appointed to head the GBAO justice directorate, replacing

13:00, june 9, 2008

Chief accountant with Jabborrasulov district government faces embezzlement charge

DUSHANBE, June 9, Asia-Plus -- Homid Qosimov, a chief accountant with the Jabborrasulov district government, Sughd province has been detained on suspicion of having misappropriated state

21:38, june 7, 2008

Dushanbe cheat uses Soviet-time letterheads and seals for land allotment fraud

DUSHANBE, June 7, Asia-Plus -- Mahkam Jourayev, a chief forestry officer at the Dushanbe Victory Park, has been detained on suspicion of having been involved in unauthorized allotment of land

18:07, june 6, 2008

Farm head charged with misappropriation of farm’s diesel fuel

DUSHANBE, June 6, Asia-Plus -- Boboqul Abdulloyev, the head of the farming unit Istitqlol in Khatlon’s Jilikul district, is charged with misappropriation of 16,110 liters of diesel fuel belonging

17:50, june 6, 2008

Suspects in Russian journalist’s slaying to stand trial soon

Case of two Tajik nationals charged with killing of a TV Channel One reporter Ilyas Shurpayev will probably move to court in late June

10:19, june 6, 2008

Afghan prisoners ask President Rahmon to send them to Afghanistan

DUSHANBE, June 6, Asia-Plus -- A group of Afghan prisoners serving their sentence in the prison of the city of Vahdat (20 kilometers to the east of Dushanbe) asked Tajik President Emomali Rahmon to

18:38, june 5, 2008

Tax officer accused of service forgery

DUSHANBE, June 5, Asia-Plus -- The Agency for State Financial Control and Combating Corruption has instituted criminal proceedings against Hasan Almatov, an inspector with the Hissor tax

12:17, june 5, 2008

Dushanbe police seize large amount of mercury report

DUSHANBE, June 5, Asia-Plus -- On Wednesday June 4, officers from the Dushanbe police directorate seized some 6 kilograms of mercury, according to press service of the Ministry of Interior

18:52, june 4, 2008

Housing and communal services manager faces charges of fraud and bribery

DUSHANBE, June 4, Asia-Plus -- Zayniddin Sayfiddinov, former head of the housing and communal services directorate # 8 in Dushanbe’s Sino district, has been arrested on suspicion of having

11:46, june 4, 2008

Bokhtar prosecutor’s office probes into land legislation violations

QURGHON TEPPA, June 4, Asia-Plus -- Since the beginning of the year, a prosecutor’s office in Khatlon’s Borkhtar district has instituted 11 criminal proceedings on charges of unauthorized use of

15:46, may 31, 2008

Minivan driver charged with negligent murder of nine persons gets jail term of 10 years

DUSHANBE, May 31, Asia-Plus -- A court in Dushanbe’s Shohmansour district has sentenced to the minivan driver Qurbonali Ghiyosov, charged with negligent murder, to ten years in prison.

13:22, may 30, 2008

Case of former member of Muminobod legislature moves to court

QURGHON TEPPA, May 30, Asia-Plus -- The Khatlon regional prosecutor’s office has completed investigation into case of former member of the Muminobod legislature (Majlis), Sadullo Rahimov, and the

13:56, may 29, 2008

Active work of anticorruption agency has not yet been seen, says TI representative

DUSHANBE, May 29, Asia-Plus -- An active work of the anticorruption agency has not yet been seen in Tajikistan, Ms.

12:45, may 29, 2008

Tajik mass media quite active in coverage of corruption-related problems: expert

DUSHANBE, May 29, Asia-Plus -- Tajikistan’s media are quite active in coverage of the corruption-related problems, Mr.

20:10, may 28, 2008

TI’s Global Corruption Report considers issues of corruption in water sector

DUSHANBE, May 28, Asia-Plus -- Transparency International’s Global Corruption Report 2008 considers issues related to water resources and use of them in the countries from all world regions.

15:13, may 28, 2008

Role of civil society in combating corruption discussed in Dushanbe

DUSHANBE, May 28, Asia-Plus -- A two-day seminar formally titled “Civil Society and Fight against Corruption” opened in Dushanbe today.

12:53, may 28, 2008

Former cotton ginnery director stand trial for not paying wages

QURGHON TEPPA, May 28, Asia-Plus -- A prosecutor’s office in Qurghon Teppa, the capital of the Khatlon province has completed preliminary investigation into case of former director of the

18:31, may 26, 2008

Poultry farm head sentenced to 11 years in prison for illegal allotment

DUSHANBE, May 26, Asia-Plus -- Hasan Azizov, the head of the poultry farm in the Roudaki district, has got a jail term of 11 years for illegal allotment of the farm’s lands for housing.

15:45, may 26, 2008

Hizb ut-Tahrir activist convicted in northern Tajikistan

KHUJAND, May 26, Asia-Plus - The 29-year-old resident of Khujand Bakhtiyor Sattorov has got 10-year jail term for being member of the outlawed religious Hizb ut-Tahrir organization.

12:26, may 23, 2008

Sughd customs officers stop an attempt of gold wares smuggling

KHUJAND, May 23, Asia-Plus -- Officers from the Sughd customs service have stopped an attempt of smuggling a large amount of gold wares in the Konibodom district.

18:18, may 22, 2008

Sughd military court acquits soldier charged with desertion

KHUJAND, May 22, Asia-Plus -- The military court at the Khujand garrison has acquitted a soldier of one of military units of the Ministry of Defense (MoD), who has been charged with

15:05, may 22, 2008

Bailiff detained for bribery

KHUAJND, May 22, Asia-Plus -- Umed Nourulloyev, a chief bailiff with a court in Sughd’s Ghonchi district, has been arrested on suspicion of having been involved in bribery.

15:07, may 21, 2008

Murder of 6-year-old boy solved

Two teenagers have been detained on suspicion of having killed the 6-year-old boy in Hissor.

18:19, may 20, 2008

Dushanbe customs officers destroy 3,650 kg of counterfeit perfumery

DUSHANBE, May 20, Asia-Plus -- On Monday May 19, officers from the Dushanbe customs service yesterday destroyed 3,650 kilograms of counterfeit perfumery, according to press service of