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Financial Police 1 – Doskaliev 0. Today the Deputy Head of the National Research and Medical Center of Astana, where the Minister of Health was supposedly recovering from a stroke, admitted that he had perjured himself when he said Zhaksylyk Doskaliev was in a coma.

According to Murat Zhumabay, under questioning by the Financial Police, Mustafin Alibek admitted that Doskaliev was admitted to the hospital conscious and was never unconscious. Doskaliev asked the doctors to report that he was ill, presumably to avoid questioning. As reported earlier, the court refused to issue a warrant as long as the Minister was unconscious. However with these latest developments, the Saryarkinsky District Court in Astana issued a warrant today for obstruction of an investigation. The doctors at the Republican Hospital will also be charged with perjury and obstruction of justice.

One point that has yet to be established however is the legality of the hidden camera the Financial Police put in Doskaliev’s room.

I think it also says a lot that the Minister of Health thought of this ruse. Some commenters on the KazNet are suggesting that he may have a new career as a screenwriter of the next James Bond film.

Videotape of the confession by Mustafin Alibek after the cut: