Zhumabekov denied any involvement, saying that "interior affair bodies, prosecution of Kazakhstan and [the] prosecution of Almaty city" dealt with relevant criminal cases and that the prosecution for Almaty oblast had not taken on any cases in relation to the protests.
Zhumabekov refuted accusations of involvement in the protests, asserting that internal affairs bodies, specifically those responsible for prosecutions in Kazakhstan and Almaty City, were handling the related criminal cases, while the prosecution for Almaty Oblast had not been implicated.