Kazakhstan, Astana, May 4 / Trend D. Mukhtarov /
Five prisoners escaped detention centre of the interior department of Zhezkazgan on Friday, the country's prosecutor general's office told Trend.
As directed by the Prosecutor General's Office, Prosecutor of Zhezkazgan opened a criminal case into fact of negligence of interior department officials, who are responsible for this crime, under subsection "a" of Part 2 of Art. 316 of the Criminal Code.
Investigation Division of Interior Department of Zhezkazgan opened a criminal case in respect of prisoners who have escaped, under Part 2 of Art. 358 of the Criminal Code.
Public prosecutor's office of the Karaganda region carries out coordination of law enforcement agencies to locate and arrest the criminals.