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Armenian speaker pleased with official embezzlement probes
Public Television of Armenia, Yerevan
3 May 05
[Presenter] The investigations carried out by the audit commission of
the Armenian National Assembly have yielded positive results. About
79.6m drams [180,000 dollars] have been returned to the state budget.
Nineteen cases have been investigated by the Prosecutor-General's
Office. Criminal proceeding have been instituted in connection
with some of those cases, while others entail administrative
responsibility. According to Armenian Speaker Artur Bagdasaryan,
the work that has been carried out is positive.
[Correspondent] The Armenian Prosecutor-General's Office has presented
the audit commission of the Armenian National Assembly with a report
about the measures it has taken on the basis of the commission's
investigation. As a result of the measures taken by the Prosecutor's
Office, 63 warnings have been issued to various officials.
[Artur Bagdasaryan] On the basis of the cases I presented to the
audit commission, I will inform you about the list of 63 people
who have been warned, including three people from the Ministry of
Transport and Communications, 13 from the Ministry of Ecology, four
from the State Water Economy Committee, three officials from State
Social Security Fund and about 40 community leaders.
[Passage omitted: other details]
Public Television of Armenia, Yerevan
3 May 05
[Presenter] The investigations carried out by the audit commission of
the Armenian National Assembly have yielded positive results. About
79.6m drams [180,000 dollars] have been returned to the state budget.
Nineteen cases have been investigated by the Prosecutor-General's
Office. Criminal proceeding have been instituted in connection
with some of those cases, while others entail administrative
responsibility. According to Armenian Speaker Artur Bagdasaryan,
the work that has been carried out is positive.
[Correspondent] The Armenian Prosecutor-General's Office has presented
the audit commission of the Armenian National Assembly with a report
about the measures it has taken on the basis of the commission's
investigation. As a result of the measures taken by the Prosecutor's
Office, 63 warnings have been issued to various officials.
[Artur Bagdasaryan] On the basis of the cases I presented to the
audit commission, I will inform you about the list of 63 people
who have been warned, including three people from the Ministry of
Transport and Communications, 13 from the Ministry of Ecology, four
from the State Water Economy Committee, three officials from State
Social Security Fund and about 40 community leaders.
[Passage omitted: other details]