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Heavy rains in Shchuchinsk have led to flooding of private plots and household areas. Amid the bad weather, residents also reported temporary loss of internet connectivity.

After a brawl at the Asian Rowing Championship in Turkestan, the regional sports department suspended one of the participants in the conflict from work - coach Timur Alikhanov of the SDYUSSHOR (Specialised Children's and Youth Sports School of the Olympic Reserve). The second party involved, national coach of the Republic of Kazakhstan Daulet Sultanbekov, fell outside the department's jurisdiction - regional authorities are not entitled to punish him.

In Ust-Kamenogorsk, police officers uncovered a case of selling alcoholic products without a licence. During the inspection, 436 units of alcoholic products were removed from circulation, and administrative proceedings were initiated in connection with the violation.

Former deputy head of the police department of Zhambyl region, Zhaidarbek Kuttybayev, and former head of the police department of Talas district, Yerken Abayev, have been found guilty and sentenced to imprisonment. Both have also been permanently banned from working in the civil service and in a number of other institutions.

Head of the Digital Asset Administration Department of the State Revenue Committee (SRC) Talgat Adilov announced the introduction of a practice of blocking internet platforms whose operators fail to fulfil their value-added tax (VAT) payment obligations. Measures will be applied after sending notifications and in the absence of a response from the payers.

Women in the Karaganda region have begun to have money returned that was unjustifiably charged for abortion services. Over three years, 775 cases of double payment have been identified, totalling 22 million tenge.

Following the public outcry over the photograph of a female courier holding a baby in her arms, the Minister of Labour and Social Protection of the Population, Askarbek Yertayev, stated that he had reviewed the family's situation. He claimed that the woman's husband works in IT, and that she herself has a specialised secondary education.

President Kassym-Jomart Tokayev stated that fulfilling obligations in the social sphere is a constitutional duty of all branches of government. The head of state also cited data on social spending and assessed the current measures of support for the population.

The number of registered corruption offences in Kazakhstan has nearly halved in recent years. However, the number of cases related to bribery continues to rise, and the material damage caused by corruption crimes has increased tenfold.