Second President Robert Kocharyan has been brought to the Anti-Corruption Court of Armenia. The court will consider the motion to remand him in custody. Kocharyan was brought to the court from a medical center a short time ago.

Robert Kocharyan is charged with abuse of official power, large-scale money laundering, and receiving a large-scale bribe. Robert Kocharyan was detained Tuesday. But he felt ill at the Anti-Corruption Committee and was transferred to a medical facility.

And the Anti-Corruption Committee had reported that Kocharyan will be brought to court after undergoing the necessary medical examinations.

Earlier, Armenian News-NEWS.am reported that on Tuesday at around 7am, law enforcement officers raided the house of opposition MP Levon Kocharyan, while his father, second President of Armenia Robert Kocharyan, was taken by investigative bodies to the Anti-Corruption Committee. Later, it became known that Robert Kocharyan and his eldest son, Sedrak Kocharyan, were detained.

In addition, also early Tuesday morning, tax authorities of Armenia sealed the Yerevan office of Toyota. Furthermore, investigative and procedural actions were carried out at Orange Fitness club, Play City entertainment center, and in the directors' homes within the framework of criminal proceedings.

The Kocharyan family has shares in these companies. Armenian Prime Minister Nikol Pashinyan on Monday had instructed the law enforcement to deprive second President Robert Kocharyan and third President Serzh Sargsyan of their property.

The Prosecutor General's Office on Tuesday issued a statement, which, in particular, noted that on Monday, the prosecutor initiated public criminal prosecution against the second President of Armenia, Robert Kocharyan, for abuse of official power, receiving a bribe in a particularly large amount, and laundering money in a particularly large amount.

The prosecutor has initiated public criminal prosecution against nine more individuals, including Sedrak Kocharyan, the son of Armenia’s second president, former defense minister Serzh Sargsyan, former prime minister, the late Andranik Margaryan, former mayor of Yerevan Gagik Beglaryan, Samvel Mayrapetyan, a partner in Local Developers LLC, as well as Aramayis Vorskanyan, the head of construction company Aygedzor LLC, his wife, and two daughters.