Former Defense Minister of Kazakhstan Murat Bektanov was sentenced to 12 years in prison.

APA informs that this was reported by the Kazakhstan bureau of "Sputnik".

It was noted that Bektanov was deprived of liberty by the decision of the Kazakhstan court for not taking necessary measures during the riots in January of last year.

Bektanov was arrested in February last year.

A criminal case was opened against him under Article 452 (inaction of authorities) of the Criminal Code and the investigation was started.