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Chilling Video Captures Ex-Politician Beating Wife to Death in Restaurant
Chilling CCTV Video Captures Ex-Politician Beating Wife to Death in Eight-Hour Restaurant Attack
Kazakhstan: Former Economy Minister Kuandyk Bishimbayev Charged With Wifes' Murder WARNING: DISTURBING DETAILS - A court in Kazakhstan has been shown horrific CCTV footage of former economy minister Kuandyk Bishimbayev beating his wife Saltanat Nukenova to death MailOnline 2 MAY 2024 https://i2-prod.mirror.co.uk/incomin...tVideos-04.jpg https://i2-prod.mirror.co.uk/incomin...taurant-09.jpg https://i2-prod.mirror.co.uk/incomin...taurant-01.jpg A former politician has been seen beating his wife to death in a horror eight-hour attack caught on CCTV, sparking outrage in Kazakhstan. https://i2-prod.mirror.co.uk/incomin...3640963499.jpg Kuandyk Bishimbayev, the country's former economy minister, was caught on CCTV dragging his wife by her hair and then punching and kicking her at a family restaurant in November last year. The victim, 31-year-old Saltanat Nukenova, died of brain trauma hours later. Shocking footage of the attack has been streamed in court. The defendant, a father-of-our has been charged with beating his wife to death. The trial - the first in Kazakhstan to be streamed online - has touched a nerve in the Central Asian country with tens of thousands of people signing petitions calling for harsher penalties for domestic violence. On April 11, senators approved a bill toughening spousal abuse laws, and President Kassym-Jomart Tokayev signed it four days later. It has been dubbed "Saltanat's Law" in tribute to the victim. Bishimbayev, 44, served in the government under former leader Nursultan Nazarbayev. He was jailed for bribery in 2018 before being pardoned less than two years into his 10-year sentence. His wife was found dead in November in a restaurant owned by one of her husband's relatives. Bishimbayev, who was charged with torturing and killing her, for weeks maintained his innocence but admitted in court that he had beaten her and "unintentionally" caused her death. In 2017, Kazakhstan decriminalised beatings and other acts causing "minor" physical damage, making them punishable only by fines or short jail terms. Russia enacted a similar law that year, outraging women's rights advocates. Kazakhstan's new law reverses this, increasing penalties for assailants and introducing new criminal offenses, including harassment of minors. Women's rights advocate Aigerim Kussainkyzy said Bishimbayev's trial has led to "a collective awakening" among politicians and ordinary citizens. "Some may even label it the trial of the century. ... Male politicians, in particular, have started to consider the implications of domestic violence for their own daughters," said Kussainkyzy, who was among civil society representatives that lawmakers consulted before passing the bill. |
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