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French media: "Telegram" founder's detention period ends, has been transferred to Paris court

Pavel Durov, the founder and chief executive of Telegram, who had been arrested in France, ended his detention on the 28th and has been transferred to a Paris court, according to French media reports. According to French media such as BFMTV news station obtained from the judicial department, after Durov was arrested by French police at Le Bourget airport in the suburbs of Paris on the evening of the 24th, he was detained for up to 96 hours until the 28th. At present, he has been transferred to the Paris court and may face trial and prosecution for the first time.