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Situation under control, perpetrators will be brought to justice

21.12.2011

Дата:18.12.2011
At Akorda yesterday President Nursultan Nazarbayev held a Security Council session on the situation in Zhanaozen town of Mangistau region.

Prosecutor General A. Daulbayev, chairman of the National Security Committee N. Abykayev and other representatives of state bodies made their reports, and the President concluded on the session:

Dear Kazakhstanis!

Yesterday, during festivities in the town of Zhanaozen, Mangistau region, criminal acts committed by a group of individuals led to mass disorders.

Peaceful citizens who gathered on the central square to celebrate the anniversary of Independence were attacked by a group of hooligans.

The perpetrators attacked the police, destroyed the yurts (tents) arranged on the square for the festivities, and set a police bus on fire. They were beating up civilians and smashing cars parked near the square, setting them on fire.

In response to the demands of the police to stop their outrages, they attacked police officers to seize their weapons. The police officers did not allow that to happen.

In the disturbances the town and a nearby rural administrative office, a hotel and the building of "Ozenmunaigaz" company office were burnt down.

Property of physical and legal persons was destroyed, cars were burnt down, ATMs, shops and banks were looted.

A total of 46 facilities were attacked. In that small town nearly all the facilities were attacked, burned or destroyed.

Unfortunately, in these riots people died, our citizens, 10 people on preliminary data were killed. There are heavily wounded people too, including among the police officers.

I would like to note that the police officers were carrying out their duty in good faith, acting within the law.

Every killed or wounded has families and relatives. I express my sincere condolences to them. Their families will be provided with assistance.

Criminal cases were initiated on all the cases of violations of the law. On my orders, an investigative team led by the Minister of Internal Affairs of the Republic of Kazakhstan has been set up to take all necessary measures to identify and bring to justice the masterminds of the disturbances, and to restore public order in the town.

Currently, the situation is under the control of law enforcement bodies there.

The perpetrators will be brought to justice under a full force of law.

At the same time, I believe the industrial dispute of oil workers must not be confused with the outrages committed by those who sought to abuse the situation for their criminal plots. We will find out who has funded and masterminded that.

In the recent years the state has done a lot to improve the social situation in Zhanaozen. We have raised salaries, welcomed to Zhanaozen fellow countrymen who lived abroad, and created all the necessary conditions for them. They ought to be grateful to the state for that.

A special commission of the Government and KazMunaiGaz will leave for Zhanaozen to resolve labor disputes and explain to the population what happened and what measures are being taken.

I task the Office of the Prosecutor General, together with other law enforcement agencies, with conducting a thorough investigation into what happened, ensuring maximum openness of information, sharing the results with the people, and, if need be, draw in independent experts.

It should be noted that these days protests and mass disturbances are taking place in many countries of the world. To a great extent they are the result of global recession, spawned by the global financial and economic crisis.

All of these past years we have been working to strengthen stability, peace and harmony in our country. These are our main values, due to which we have made progress. We will not allow any attempts to break peace and harmony in our home, achievements of our independence.

That is why the people have no reasons for concern. The situation is under control.

Law is law. The demands of the law are equal for all. The law will be applied in order to ensure security and peace of the people in the town. The state will use the law to the fullest to stop any attempts to disturb our citizens’ peace and security.

I call on all the Kazakhstanis to condemn these outrages, alien to our country, and to keep calm. I call on the people of Zhanaozen to show wisdom and to keep calm. We will deal with this situation.

In order to restore Zhanaozen town’s economy, the facilities that were burned down, and, most importantly, ensure public peace I am issuing a Decree on introducing the state of emergency in the town of Zhanaozen in keeping with the Constitution and the Law on the State of Emergency. It will last 20 days, starting today. If we are able to settle the situation before then and regain peace, it can be lifted any time.


Photo: Sergey Bondarenko, Bolatbek Otarbaev

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