Causa Aliyev: Austrian Justice Minister under Pressure

People ♦ Published: January 16, 2014; 14:13 ♦ (Vindobona)

Austrian Justice Minister Brandstetter has registered more former members of the Kazakh secret service than was previously known.

Causa Aliyev: Austrian Justice Minister under Pressure / Picture: © ÖVP Bundespartei / Jacob Glaser

In its Friday issue Austrian magazine “Format” reports that Justice Minister Wolfgang Brandstetter has not only registered former ambassador Rachat Aliyev in the small town of Eggenburg in Lower Austria but also two former members of the Kazakh secret service. Moreover, the Public Ombudsman Board (Volksanwaltschaft) criticized that the the residence permit procedure and issuing of a…