Searches were conducted in Georgia at the homes of a number of former high-ranking officials.

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Source: People's Republic of China – State Council News

Tbilisi, October 17 (Xinhua) — Searches were conducted at the homes of former Georgian Prime Minister Irakli Garibashvili, former head of the State Security Service Grigol Liluashvili, former Chief Prosecutor Otar Partskhaladze, and eight others, the Georgian Prosecutor General's Office reported on Friday.

According to the agency's report, various electronic devices, documentation, and large sums of money were seized.

As noted by the department, a large-scale event took place simultaneously at 10:00 a.m. today in 22 locations across the country as part of the ongoing investigation into various criminal cases by the Investigative Department of the Prosecutor General's Office of Georgia, the Anti-Corruption Department, and the State Security Department of the State Security Service.

Investigative, procedural and operational-search activities are being actively carried out in the cases mentioned.

Additionally, the Georgian Ministry of Internal Affairs has detained 16 more people in connection with the events of October 4 in Tbilisi. Interior Minister Gela Geladze announced this at a briefing on Friday. According to him, 62 people have been detained in connection with the October 4 incident.

A mass protest took place on October 4, the day of Georgia's municipal elections. That day, a group of demonstrators attempted to enter the presidential palace.

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