FACTBOX: What we know about detention of Armenia's former president, his son

YEREVAN, August 25. /TASS/. Six people, including Armenia's former President (1998-2008) and opposition Armenia bloc leader Robert Kocharyan and his son, have been detained in a criminal case, with Kocharyan accused of abuse of office, the Anti-Corruption Committee's press office said.

A spokeswoman for the country's Investigative Committee, Kima Avdalyan, said investigators are searching two companies owned by the former president's family.

TASS has compiled the main details of the case.

Accusations

- Armenia's Anti-Corruption Committee accuses former President Robert Kocharyan of removing a number of valuable real estate properties of public and economic importance from state ownership "under various fabricated pretexts" and acquiring them at below-market prices.