Two Ukrainian officials arrested on television for suspected corruption


KIEV (Reuters) - Ukrainian police entered a televised government meeting in Kiev on Wednesday and, in front of the cameras, arrested two high-ranking officials on suspicion of corruption.

Interior Minister Arsen Avakov said the two men, the head of the state emergency services and his first deputy, were detained for alleged graft involving off-shore companies.

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