PoliticsFACTBOX: What we know about detention of Armenia's former president and his son
Armenia’s Anti-Corruption Committee says former President and opposition Armenia bloc leader Robert Kocharyan, his elder son Sedrak and four others have been detained in a criminal case. Kocharyan is accused of using his office and fabricated pretexts to take valuable real estate out of state ownership and acquire it below market prices. Investigators searched two family-owned companies. Opposition lawmakers called the case political persecution ordered by Prime Minister Nikol Pashinyan.
FACTBOX: What we know about detention of Armenia's former president and his son