Military Conscription: Deputy Head Comments on People Being Taken from Workplaces and Off the Streets

Yesterday, at a Central Communications Service briefing, Farkhat Aidarbekov confirmed that young people were taken from work and the street during the spring conscription, Orda.kz reports. Aidarbekov is the Deputy Head of the Department of Organizational and Mobilization Work of the General Staff of the Armed Forces.

During the autumn conscription, we tried not to use such methods because we found another, more lawful way. Now, we don't take young people straight from the street to the army, said Aidarbekov.

Ruslan Zhangulin, the official representative of the Ministry of Defense, also noted that there were not many such cases, and work was carried out to bring draft dodgers into compliance with the law. 

It should be noted that the autumn draft has been underway for more than a month.

Original Author: Anna Gladysheva