Former President Robert Kocharyan and his son Sedrak were detained in Armenia

Former President Robert Kocharyan and his son Sedrak were detained in Armenia. The former president was taken to the country’s National Security Service.

At the same time, early this morning, law enforcement officials searched the home of Kocharyan’s other son, opposition lawmaker Levon Kocharyan.

Armenia’s Anti-Corruption Committee stated that the criminal investigation leading to the detentions is related to corruption.

Robert Kocharyan’s office described the law enforcement actions as yet another attack by the authorities on the former president and his family.

The detentions took place the day after a heated exchange between Armenian Prime Minister Nikol Pashinyan and Levon Kocharyan in parliament.

During his speech, Pashinyan threatened to strip the Kocharyan family of property that, according to him, had been acquired illegally.

The prime minister stated that this property should not be passed on to the former president’s children and grandchildren but should be returned to the state.

Nikol Pashinyan had previously stated on multiple occasions his intention to return to the state assets that, in his view, were illegally acquired by the Kocharyan family.

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He also promised to hold the former president accountable for the events of March 1, 2008, when mass protests broke out following the presidential election in Armenia, resulting in fatalities.

At this time, the circumstances surrounding the arrest of Robert Kocharyan and his son Sedrak, as well as the specific allegations in the corruption case, have not been disclosed.

This was reported by Nexta.Live.

Earlier, a court in South Korea found former President Yoon Suk-yeol guilty of spreading false information during the 2022 presidential election campaign and handed down a suspended sentence.

Prior to this, the South Korean prosecutor’s office had filed additional charges against former President Yoon Suk-yeol. He is suspected of abuse of power and aiding a hostile state, specifically North Korea.

As a reminder, on December 14, the South Korean parliament voted to impeach President Yoon Suk-yeol after he attempted on December 3 to impose martial law in the country, allegedly due to the opposition’s ties to North Korea. In total, the martial law declared by President Yoon lasted several hours.

In South Korea, the National Anti-Corruption Agency suspended an attempt to detain President Yoon Suk-yeol, who had been impeached over his failed attempt to impose martial law.