YEREVAN. – The Yerevan Court of General Jurisdiction on Wednesday denied the defense’s motion for releasing former ranking security official—and former head of security of Armenia’s third President Serzh Sargsyan—Vachagan Ghazaryan on bail.

Armen Harutyunyan, the attorney of Ghazaryan, told about the aforesaid to Armenian News-NEWS.am.

Also, the said court on Wednesday will consider the Special Investigation Service’s (SIS) petition for extending—for two months—the period for Ghazaryan being remanded in custody.

Ghazaryan had been remanded in custody once before. But, subsequently, he was released on a 1bn-dram (approx. $2,100,000) bail. The prosecutor’s office, however, had appealed this decision and, as a result, a decision was made to remand him in custody yet again.

The SIS had informed Armenian News-NEWS.am that, on June 27, criminal charges were filed against Vachagan Ghazaryan, and for withholding—in his asset declaration submitted to the Commission on Ethics of High-Ranking Officials of Armenia—the information on the true amount of his funds, as well as for getting enriched illicitly.