Law and order: dozens of parents fined for teenagers' night walks in Astana
23.01.2025 23:16:04 1749
Since the beginning of the year, in order to prevent offenses and crimes among minors, operational and preventive measures "Children in the night city" have been carried out in six districts of the capital, the official website of the capital's akimat reports.
Police officers, together with employees of district akimats, the city Prosecutor's Office, the Department of Education and the Commission for Women and Family and Demographic Policy under the Mayor's Office of Astana, are checking streets and entertainment venues in order to identify cases of minors in public places in the evening or at night unaccompanied by legal representatives.
During a raid in the Saryarka district of the capital, a mobile group identified 17 teenagers who were unaccompanied on the street after 23:00, as well as those who attended entertainment venues after 22:00. Their parents were brought to administrative responsibility. Preventive conversations were held with parents and teenagers, as well as official warnings were issued. In case of repeated violations within a year, legal representatives may be fined.
In the Yesil district, the monitoring group conducted 10 raids, during which 68 underage teenagers were brought to justice under Article 442 of the Administrative Code of the Republic of Kazakhstan.
In the Baikonur district, 57 underage teenagers were identified and taken to local police departments during operational and preventive measures. The legal representatives of these children faced administrative responsibility. The owners of entertainment establishments were also brought to administrative responsibility in accordance with Article 132 of the Code of Administrative Offences of the Republic of Kazakhstan for admitting minors in their establishments.
The following offenses were identified in the territory of the Nur district during the raid: 92 teenagers were unaccompanied by their parents or legal representatives after 23.00 hours, for which they received a warning under Article 442; 14 parents were held accountable under Article 127 and fined 10 MCI.
During a raid in the Almaty metropolitan area, a mobile group identified 6 cases where underage teenagers were unaccompanied at night. As a result, protocols and an administrative fine were drawn up for the parents.
Recall that according to article 442. The Code of Administrative Offences of the Republic of Kazakhstan prohibits the presence and admission of minors unaccompanied by legal representatives in entertainment establishments from 22.00 to 6.00 hours, and minors are prohibited from staying outside their homes unaccompanied by legal representatives from 23.00 to 6.00 hours.
It should be noted that under the coordination of the Prosecutor's Office of Astana, law enforcement and government agencies, together with members of the Commission on Women and Family and Demographic Policy under the Mayor's Office of Astana and district akimats, raids continue to identify minors on the streets of the city and entertainment venues at night.
Events within the framework of the "Law and Order" narrative are held under the coordination of the Astana City Prosecutor's Office.

Source : https://www.gov.kz/memleket/entities/astana/press/news/details/923453