Zhakipbek Ormanov and 8 other Muslims are on criminal trial in Taldykorgan accused of membership of the banned Muslim missionary movement Tabligh Jamaat. They face up to two years' imprisonment. The NSC secret police hid a camera in Ormanov's home and recorded conversations, including on religion. NSC Investigator Nurbol Zhananov did not respond as to who the men might have harmed. "They didn't kill anyone. They didn't call for anyone to be killed," the Deputy Director of the regional state-run Research Centre for Religious Issues and Rehabilitation told Forum 18.
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