Öcalan sponsor found dead in hotel room

ATHENS

Öcalan. Hürriyet photo

Greek arms dealer, Vlasis Kamburoğlu, known for sponsoring the outlawed Kurdistan Workers’ Party (PKK) leader Abdullah Öcalan's transfer from Russia to Athens, was found dead in a hotel room last night in Jakarta, daily Hurriyet reported.

Kamburoğlu was also involved in a bribe scandal between Russian and Greece and is the third person to be found dead among the list of people involved with the transaction.

The exact cause of death remains unknown, but heart failure is listed as a possible cause.