Kazakhs appoint New Customs Chief after China Smuggling Probe

    By Nariman Gizitdinov     Prime Minister Karim Massimov has dismissed the chairman of the nation’s customs agency three days after the authorities sanctioned the arrest of 16 people suspected of smuggling goods from China.     Serik Baimaganbetov will replace Kozy-Korpesh Karbyzov as head of the Finance Ministry’s Committee for Customs Control, Masimov...