ArmInfo. The Anti-Corruption Court rejected 5 of the 7 charges brought against the son of Armenia's second president, Sedrak Kocharyan. Lawyer Alexander Kochubaev informed journalists of this.
He noted that, as part of the case, the prosecution was required to present supporting evidence to the court, but this was not done.
The lawyer also reported that the decision on Sedrak Kocharyan's preventive measure will be published tomorrow at 10:00 AM.
It should be noted that the prosecutor's office has filed a motion to extend the detention of Robert and Sedrak Kocharyan for another two months.
As a reminder, on August 25, National Security Council officers conducted searches of the apartment of Levon Kocharyan, a member of the opposition Armenia faction and the son of second President Robert Kocharyan, and of companies affiliated with the Kocharyan family. Robert Kocharyan and Sedrak Kocharyan were then detained and taken to the Anti-Corruption Committee for questioning. Robert Kocharyan was charged that same day with large-scale money laundering, abuse of office (in connection with the ratification of government decisions - ed.), and accepting a large bribe. Nine other individuals were also charged in the case.
It should be added that the political forces of the second Armenian president associate his arrest with an attempt to neutralize one of the main opposition figures amid the Armenian government's readiness to make further concessions to Azerbaijan.
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