Members of the banned occult-mystical movement "Ata Zholy" were detained on the territory of the Republic of Kazakhstan

With the help of an anonymous message and transport police, members of the banned occult-mystical religious movement Ata Zholy were detained, Taunews.kz reports with reference to the press service of the DP on transport of the Ministry of Internal Affairs of the Republic of Kazakhstan.

“On September 14 this year, the Police Linear Department at the Uralsk station received an anonymous message that a group of persons belonging to the unregistered community“ Ata Zholy ”was leaving the Uralsk station by a passenger train from Uralsk to Almaty,” said the head of the department, Onal Bekiev.

Transport police together with the DP of the West Kazakhstan region, as well as representatives of the Department of Religious Affairs in WKO, were detained four residents of Uralsk at the age of 41, 45, 47 and 50 years.

With regard to the detainees, an administrative protocol was drawn up in parts 9 and 10 of Article 489 of the Code of Administrative Offenses of the Republic of Kazakhstan (For violation of the legislation of the Republic of Kazakhstan on public associations, as well as leadership, participation in the activities of public and religious associations unregistered in accordance with the legislation of the Republic of Kazakhstan, financing of their activities) and an administrative fine was imposed in the amount of 50 and 100 MCI, - Bekiev said.

The activities of Ata Zholy have been officially banned in Kazakhstan since 2008.

Despite the ban, this organization continues its activities under various cover. We ask citizens to be vigilant, not to succumb to the tricks of pseudo-religious movements, ”the police colonel summed up.