The memo cites
"increasingly frequent cases of confidential information being
leaked through the WhatsApp mobile application" and instructs
public servants to use only basic mobile devices with no cameras
or Internet access, two government sources told Reuters.
The full document was published by local news website
Tengrinews.kz.
Leaked documents regularly appear in Kazakh media and recent
examples include memos on privatization plans and state-owned
companies' budget revisions related to the tinge's <KZT=> steep
devaluation as well as a graphic video related to a murder case.
(Reporting by Raushan Nurshayeva; Writing by Olzhas Auyezov;
Editing by Louise Ireland)
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