Ukraine president kicks official out of meeting over criminal record

FILE PHOTO: Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskiy holds a news conference after meeting European Council President Donald Tusk in Brussels, Belgium, June 5, 2019. REUTERS/Francois Lenoir/File Photo

KIEV (Reuters) - Ukraine's President Volodymyr Zelenskiy had a regional official expelled from a meeting broadcast live on television on Wednesday because of a past criminal record.

"Get out of here, rogue! Are you not hearing me correctly?" he told Yaroslav Hodunok, to applause from other officials present at the otherwise routine meeting.