Law-enforcers searching Orange Fitness fitness club, Play City  entertainment center

ArmInfo. Searches are being conducted at the Orange Fitness fitness club and the Play City entertainment center, both owned by the family of Armenia's second  president, Robert Kocharyan. Kima Avdalyan, press secretary for the  Investigative Committee (IC) of Armenia, announced this on her  Facebook page.

The IC's press secretary reported that searches are also underway at  the apartments of the directors of the aforementioned complexes. "As  part of the criminal proceedings, investigative and procedural  actions are being conducted at the Orange Fitness club, the Play City  entertainment center, and the apartments of their directors,"  Avdalyan wrote. This morning, it was reported that security forces  had taken Armenia's second president, Robert Kocharyan, to the  Anti-Corruption Committee. Furthermore, since the early morning of  August 25, searches have been underway at the home of Levon  Kocharyan, a member of the National Assembly of Armenia from the  opposition Armenia faction and the son of second president Robert  Kocharyan. It was also reported that searches were being conducted at  dozens of addresses of companies belonging to the Kocharyan family.  The Anti-Corruption Committee of Armenia confirmed the detention of  Robert Kocharyan and his son, Sedrak Kocharyan.

It is noteworthy that the day before, Armenian Prime Minister Nikol  Pashinyan ordered law enforcement agencies to strip Kocharyan and the  third president of the Republic, Serzh Sargsyan, of their property.