A public criminal prosecution has been initiated against opposition Mother Armenia party member and opposition Prosperous Armenia Party (PAP) MP candidate Aregnaz Manukyan.

Within the framework of a criminal proceeding, a public criminal prosecution has been initiated against Manukyan under Article 427 Section 1 (publicizing information containing state secrets) of the Criminal Code, the Investigative Committee of Armenia informed Armenian News-NEWS.am.

She was arrested to be brought to court. Earlier, Armenian News-NEWS.am reported that early this morning, law enforcement officers visited the apartment of Aregnaz Manukyan. She posted a video demanding that these law enforcement officers introduce themselves and explain why they entered her apartment, but her smartphone was taken away.

Later, the Investigative Committee informed that Aregnaz Manukyan was detained for court appearance as part of a criminal proceeding. But this is not the first case. In the early morning of June 12, investigators of the Investigative Committee had arrived at Aregnaz Manukyan’s apartment to search it. At that time, the Investigative Committee reported that an investigation was being carried out within the framework of a criminal proceeding.

The latter is related to the well-known case of espionage and high treason. To note, Andranik Tevanyan, the second number on the PAP electoral list and the chairman of the Mother Armenia party, is under arrest in connection with this high treason case.