A suitcase containing dollars was thrown from the window of a residential complex in Astana during the arrest of senior officials.

A suitcase containing dollars was thrown from the window of a residential complex in Astana during the arrest of senior officials.

A suitcase containing dollars was thrown from the window of a residential complex in Astana, where an operation is believed to have been underway to arrest the chairmen of the Kazakhstan National Wealth Fund Samruk-Kazina and the Kazakhstan Railway Company.

Norlan Jakopov and Aljas Otinshev were arrested on suspicion of committing a corruption offense, the National Security Committee said.