Tax officers of Bishkek's Leninsky district detained for bribetaking

The State Committee for National Security of Kyrgyzstan (SCNS) reported the detention of employees of the Department of the State Tax Service for Leninsky district of Bishkek for extorting a bribe of 100,000 soms.

According to the SCNS press center, the head of the department T.U.Kh. and the chief inspector O.U.Zh. were caught red-handed while taking money. They were placed in a temporary detention facility.

Detention of the head of the inspection department of the Department of the State Tax Service for Leninsky district was reported earlier. According to the security service, officials of the department, in collusion with private entrepreneurs, created a corruption mechanism for evading mandatory tax payments.