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Cases of sexual violence in Kazakhstan have begun to be assigned to female investigators. This was reported by Deputy Minister of Internal Affairs Sanzhar Adilov.

Professor Nadim Naqvi of KIMEP University, who previously faced allegations of harassment, has sent a formal pre-trial demand to the former Dean of the College of Social Sciences, Jason Gainous. In the document, the professor insists that the widespread allegations are false and defamatory, and demands a public retraction within 14 days.

Ile-Alatau State National Natural Park has not yet issued a permit for tree felling as part of the construction of a road under the Almaty Superski project. Further decisions will be made after receiving the results of the environmental impact assessment and preparing the forest project.

In Almaty, a major hackathon will take place where IT specialists will develop digital tools to combat financial crimes.

At the solid household waste landfill near the village of Baikonyis, Baiterek district, West Kazakhstan Region (WKR), medical waste has been discovered. Specialists have confirmed the presence of used syringes and test tubes with biomaterials and have launched an inspection.

In Kazakhstan, public controversy has arisen over claims about the possible circulation of dog meat and its alleged use in the catering industry. The trigger was publications on social media, an audio recording of an unknown man, as well as previously made statements by public figures.

In the village of Akhmetyaul in the Nurinsky district, a fire broke out in dry grass on an open area. Volunteers from the firefighting unit and rescuers from the Ministry of Emergency Situations jointly extinguished the fire over an area of 45 hectares.

The Crime Threat Forecasting Centre of the Legal Statistics and Special Records Committee of the Prosecutor General’s Office has warned users about a new scheme for hacking Telegram accounts. Attackers are sending messages supposedly on behalf of the messaging platform’s official support service, convincing users to urgently cancel a non-existent account deletion.

In Astana, a tender has been announced for the purchase of 1,300 bicycles for the city's bike-sharing system. The total value of the lot is 2.336 billion tenge, and the customer is City Transportation Systems LLP.