15 officials from president's administration "sunk in corruption"

Commenting on the situation with the law-enforcement in the country, Alexander Lukashenka noted the growth of crimes in the past several years. He said: "Over the past six years, the level of crime has grown by 1.7 times... The number of cracked cases is declining". Lukashenka drew his special attention to the so called 'Zhygalov case'. Zhygalon, the director of Zhdanovichy trade center, was arrested last month. Lukashenka said that 15 officials from the Office of the President were involved in graft. "About 15 high-ranking officials from the President's Administration have sunk in corruption", he said and advised them to think about new employment.