Kazakh Health Minister Feigned Heart Attack, News Service Says

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Kazakh Health Minister Zhaksylyk Doskaliyev feigned a heart attack to avoid a criminal probe into allegations of abuse of office, Novosti-Kazakhstan reported today, citing Murat Zhumanbai, spokesman for the country’s financial police.

Investigators on Sept. 21 opened a probe into allegations that as head of a medical school, Doskaliyev illegally signed a contract with a construction company to build residential buildings on land owned by the school in exchange for two apartments and a house, the Kazakh news service reported.