KIEV – Two top Ukrainian officials were arrested Wednesday on corruption charges and led away in handcuffs from a televised cabinet meeting as government ministers looked on.Police detained Sergiy Bochkovsky, director of Ukraine’s emergency services ministry, and his deputy Vasyl Stoyetsky, as journalists and photographers looked on, accusing them of “high-level” corruption.Prime Minister Arseniy Yatsenyuk issued a warning to other officials suspected of corruption, saying: “This will happen to everyone who breaks the law and sneers at the Ukrainian state.””When the country is at war and when we are counting every penny, they steal from the people and the state,” …read more
Source: AsiaOne
