Protests against the draft foreign agent law are continuing in Georgia, as the ruling Georgian Dream party pushes ahead with the controversial legislation.
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Alexandru Munteanu’s name appeared in the Panama Papers, which showed apparent links to Georgian Dream founder Bidzina Ivanishvili.
The arrest came just a day after another former official implicated in the investigation was found dead in a purported suicide.
Davit Gogoberishvili had resigned after Giorgi Bachiashvili, a critic of Bidzina Ivanishvili, was beaten in his cell at the prison he oversaw.
The organisation has said Imedi’s debts to companies linked to Ivanishvili had reached $61 million.
