The State Committee for National Security (SCNS) reported in April 2023 that the ex-head of the rural administration S.A.N., along with subordinates and responsible officials from the "Cadastre" and architecture departments of the Suzak district, was the initiator of a corruption scheme related to the illegal distribution of land plots for individual construction.
As a result of these machinations, more than 100 land plots in the villages of Suzak, Karkyra-Miste, and Blagoveshchenka were sold, which were supposed to be allocated to the population for free and in turn. However, citizens purchased them for amounts ranging from 100,000 to 200,000 soms, based on forged documents.
The SCNS clarifies that fictitious title documents were used to formalize the plots, after which the local "Cadastre" authority issued ownership certificates, and architectural services provided construction permits.
An expert examination established that the total value of the illegally allocated plots amounts to 93 million 857.7 thousand soms. Together with the prosecutor's office, steps are being taken to return them to municipal ownership.
According to the state committee, before the arrest of S.A.N., 9 employees of the Suzak rural administration and the "Cadastre" and architecture departments were brought to criminal responsibility and taken into custody.
According to information obtained from Turmush, on December 27, 2024, the Suzak District Court found the former official guilty under Article 337 of the Criminal Code ("Abuse of official position resulting in serious harm by negligence"), imposing a fine of 1 million soms, which corresponds to 10,000 calculated indicators.
The district court's verdict was upheld by the Jalal-Abad Regional Court on July 22, 2025.
The lawyer filed a cassation appeal to the Supreme Court, requesting the annulment of the decisions of the first and appellate courts, reclassifying the case under Article 348 of the Criminal Code ("Negligence"), and releasing his client from criminal liability due to the expiration of the statute of limitations.
The case materials have been accepted for processing.
