The Turkmenistan’s Prosecutor General Batyr Atdayev briefed President Gurbanguly Berdimuhammedov on the results of inspections carried out in various agencies on Sept 13, Chronicles of Turkmenistan reports.
The state information agency TDH reports that among corrupt officials were those who work in the mosque and coerced bribes from pilgrims, who performed Hajj to Saudi Arabia. More on the topic of bribery among pilgrims is available in the article by “Chronicles of Turkmenistan” “Hajj for a bribe”.
Rovshen Allaberdiev, lead specialist of the Office of Mufti, Mukhammetmyrat Gurbangeldiev, lead specialist of HR department of the Office of Mufti and Gurbanberdi Nursakhedov, lead specialist of the religious organizations department under the Cabinet of Minister abused power.