Aliya Kozhabekova

Aliya Kozhabekova is a staff member of the Department of Legal Statistics and Special Records of the Prosecutor General's Office in the Zhambyl region of Kazakhstan. She recently made headlines by publicly criticizing her leadership for allegedly manipulating data in the Unified Register of Pre-Trial Investigations, which she claims distorts the true criminal statistics of the region. In a video shared on social media, Kozhabekova expressed her frustration after her personal and work belongings were reportedly discarded in a basement while she was on sick leave, claiming this was a retaliatory act for her whistleblowing.