Robert Kocharyan taken to Armenia`s Anti-Corruption Court - lawyer

ArmInfo. Armenia's second president, Robert Kocharyan, has been taken to the Anti-Corruption Court. His lawyer, Aram Orbelyan, told Armenian media.

"Robert Kocharyan has been taken to the Anti-Corruption Court," the  lawyer noted, adding that the time for the hearing of the petition  for pretrial detention against him is not yet known.

As a reminder, on the morning of August 25, security forces took  Armenia's second president, Robert Kocharyan, and his eldest son,  Sedrak Kocharyan, to the Anti-Corruption Committee for questioning.  At the same time, officers from Armenia's National Security Council  conducted searches of the apartment of Levon Kocharyan, a member of  parliament from the opposition Armenia faction and the son of second  president Robert Kocharyan. The search lasted seven hours. It was  also reported that searches were conducted at Robert Kocharyan's home  and dozens of addresses of companies owned by the Kocharyan family,  as well as the homes of directors of companies associated with the  second president. Robert Kocharyan's condition, who underwent heart  surgery about two weeks ago, sharply worsened during the  investigation, and he was hospitalized. The Prosecutor General's  Office of Armenia announced that same day that Robert Kocharyan had  been charged with large-scale money laundering, abuse of office, and  bribery. An attempt was made to bring him to court, but due to his  existing health problems, doctors prevented this. On August 26, at  8:00 a.m., the arrest warrant for the second president of Armenia  expired.  A second motion was subsequently filed.

Criminal cases were initiated against nine individuals, including  former Defense Minister and third President of Armenia Serzh  Sargsyan. Later, the Anti-Corruption Committee of Armenia announced  that four of the six individuals detained the day before had been  placed under arrest, including Sedrak Kocharyan. The court ordered  him to be remanded in custody for two months. Another defendant,  according to the source, was placed under house arrest. The  Anti-Corruption Committee also reported that third President Serzh  Sargsyan, also implicated in the case, had been placed under a travel  restriction.