Tokayev called the arrest of the leaders of Samrok-Kazina and KTZ a signal.
The President of Kazakhstan Kasem-Jomart Tokayev, at an operational meeting of the Security Council, addressed the arrest and made a statement regarding the arrest of the heads of the state fund Samruk-Kazina, Norlan Zhakupov and Kazakhstan Tamir Joly (KTZ), Aljas Utinshev, Tokayev's press service reported. "This is a very serious signal about the presence of large-scale corruption in state-owned companies," he said. "According to the law, the subjects of an investigation must be announced, or they cannot be disclosed, especially since the investigation has only just begun.