Austria asks Swiss to do new autopsy on dead Kazakh dissident
(Reuters) - Austria has asked Switzerland to carry out an autopsy on Rakhat Aliyev, a Kazakh dissident found hanged in an Austrian prison last week, to dispel any suggestions of a cover up after a first post mortem found traces of sedatives. The authorities say Aliyev committed suicide and there was no indication of the involvement of any third party in the death, but Aliyev's lawyers have contested the official line on how their client died. "The authorities will exhaust all investigative possibilities to clear up (this case) completely and transparently," Justice Minister Wolfgang Brandstetter told the Oesterreich paper in an interview printed on Sunday. "Foreign experts will be brought in if needed. A second autopsy in Switzerland is set," said Brandstetter, who had been a lawyer for Aliyev before becoming minister. An initial post mortem in Austria found traces of obscure sedatives in Aliyev's body, which hardened his legal team's