02-10-2019 20:39 via kvoa.com

Turkmenistan’s president fires minister over graft probe

ASHGABAT, Turkmenistan (AP) — Turkmenistan’s president has fired his interior minister after the nation’s chief prosecutor presented a report accusing Interior Ministry officials of corruption.
President Gurbanguly Berdymukhamedov signed a decree ousting Interior Minister Isgender Mulikov, who is accused of abuse of office.
Berdymukhamedov said in televised remarks on Wednesday that he had reprimanded Mulikov many times but the minister failed to correct problems.
The president
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