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Belarus Prime Minister Andrei Kobyakov sacked over corruption scandal

Belarus Prime Minister Andrei Kobyakov sacked over corruption scandal

ISLAMABAD – Belarus Prime Minister Andrei Kobyakov has been sacked overcorruption scandal.

President Alexander Lukashenko sacked him and other key members ofgovernment following a corruption scandal that saw top officials arrested.

Prime Minister Andrei Kobyakov will be replaced by former development bankhead Sergei Rumas.

The President’s press office said in a statement that authorities arresteddozens of top health officials, medics and drug company representatives onsuspicion of siphoning off millions of dollars in state funding.