Two members of Istiqlol legislature convicted of large-scale fraud and attempt to give bribe

Two members of local council (Majlis) of the city of Istiqlol (formerly Taboshar) in Sughd province – Mr. Ravshan Hasanov and Ms. Saodat Sharifzoda – have got lengthy jail terms for large-scale fraud and an attempt to bribe an anticorruption officer. The Khujand city court sentenced Ms. Saodat Sharifzoda and Mr. Ravshan Hasanov to 9 and 5 ½ years in prison respectively.