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Viral! Former President Saakashvili Handcuffed and Taken to Georgia Jail

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TBILISIPolice Georgia has released a video of former President Mikhail Saakashvili being humiliated by handcuffs and taken to prison upon his return to the country.

Prosecutors said Saakashvili would face up to six years in prison for his crimes.

The former president returned to his home country on Friday (1/10/2021). The politician who left Georgia in 2013 has been the subject of several criminal cases in his alleged abuse of power, including a crackdown on the opposition.

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He has been sentenced to a combined nine years behind bars in absentia.

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Saakashvili was arrested shortly after his arrival and taken to a correctional facility in the town of Rustavi, which is about 25 km southeast of the capital Tbilisi.

Police video footage broadcast by local media showed a large convoy of police vehicles entering the prison premises with flashing lights.

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