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NAREG HARTOUNIAN VOWS TO FIGHT ON
Mаry Mamyan
HETQ
14:31, December 15, 2011
At a press conference earlier today, Nareg Hartounian noted that many
officials in Armenia are abusing their powers out of an insatiable
thirst for money.
Hartounian, released from detention yesterday, thanked all those who
came to his defense after he was arrested.
Nareg Hartounian said he and his family have invested in Armenia
out of sincere patriotism and confided in those who have now turned
against them, even to the point of offering false testimony.
He lamented the fact that the case has been dragging in the courts
for about a year with no end, or justice, in sight.
Hartounian, President of the Naregatsi Art Union, lambasted the courts
for their "despicable and unjust" decision to detain him.
Hartounian said that the family's former legal proxy, Sevak Artzrouni,
had launched a case against them in the hope that his own crimes of
embezzlement wound be drowned out in the ensuing legal morass.
Nareg's attorney, Lernik Hovhannisyan, told reporters that there are
two cases now facing his client - one brought by the State Revenue
Committee and the other by Sevak Artzrouni.
Hovhannisyan states that Nareg Hartounian had nothing to do with GH
Storage Enterprises while Artzrouni was its director.
Despite it all, Nareg Hartounian told reporters that he hasn't given
up hope in Armenia and that he will continue the fight for justice.
Mаry Mamyan
HETQ
14:31, December 15, 2011
At a press conference earlier today, Nareg Hartounian noted that many
officials in Armenia are abusing their powers out of an insatiable
thirst for money.
Hartounian, released from detention yesterday, thanked all those who
came to his defense after he was arrested.
Nareg Hartounian said he and his family have invested in Armenia
out of sincere patriotism and confided in those who have now turned
against them, even to the point of offering false testimony.
He lamented the fact that the case has been dragging in the courts
for about a year with no end, or justice, in sight.
Hartounian, President of the Naregatsi Art Union, lambasted the courts
for their "despicable and unjust" decision to detain him.
Hartounian said that the family's former legal proxy, Sevak Artzrouni,
had launched a case against them in the hope that his own crimes of
embezzlement wound be drowned out in the ensuing legal morass.
Nareg's attorney, Lernik Hovhannisyan, told reporters that there are
two cases now facing his client - one brought by the State Revenue
Committee and the other by Sevak Artzrouni.
Hovhannisyan states that Nareg Hartounian had nothing to do with GH
Storage Enterprises while Artzrouni was its director.
Despite it all, Nareg Hartounian told reporters that he hasn't given
up hope in Armenia and that he will continue the fight for justice.