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ARMENIA'S FORMER ROAD POLICE CHIEF HAS LOT TO SAY IN NEXT TRIAL
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February 14, 2012 | 15:05
YEREVAN. - "I am the only one from the four defendants who had no
connection with gasoline. I have many things to say," Armenia's former
Road Police Chief Margar Ohanyan stated during his trial on Tuesday, at
capital Yerevan's Kentron and Nork Marash General Jurisdiction Court.
As Armenian News-NEWS.am informed, earlier in the hearing the
defendant, Police Force personnel Samvel Makhmuryan, refused a public
defender, and he also refused to testify. He asked that his pre-trial
testimony be accepted as basis. The next defendant, Police Force
personnel Ara Levonyan, likewise refused to give testimony, and the
prosecution was compelled to publically read his pre-trial testimony.
The two defendants also refused to answer the questions. The other
defendant, Police Force personnel Stepan Karakhanyan, also refused
to give testimony.
In contrast to the aforesaid defendants, however, Armenia's former
Road Police Chief Margar Ohanyan expressed a readiness to give
testimony. "I am the only one from the four defendants who had no
connection with gasoline. I have many things to say," Ohanyan noted,
and he asked for several days to prepare.
So, the Court adjourned until February 20.
To note, Margar Ohanyan is charged with abuse of official position
and large-scale embezzlement of property, and he is under custody
since August 30. If found guilty, he could face up to 12 years
in prison. In his capacity as Armenia's Road Police Chief, Margar
Ohanyan is charged with appropriating 574,420 liters of gasoline,
which was allocated to the Road Police, and thus with causing the
state damages worth 160 million drams (approx. US$ 420,000).
news.am
February 14, 2012 | 15:05
YEREVAN. - "I am the only one from the four defendants who had no
connection with gasoline. I have many things to say," Armenia's former
Road Police Chief Margar Ohanyan stated during his trial on Tuesday, at
capital Yerevan's Kentron and Nork Marash General Jurisdiction Court.
As Armenian News-NEWS.am informed, earlier in the hearing the
defendant, Police Force personnel Samvel Makhmuryan, refused a public
defender, and he also refused to testify. He asked that his pre-trial
testimony be accepted as basis. The next defendant, Police Force
personnel Ara Levonyan, likewise refused to give testimony, and the
prosecution was compelled to publically read his pre-trial testimony.
The two defendants also refused to answer the questions. The other
defendant, Police Force personnel Stepan Karakhanyan, also refused
to give testimony.
In contrast to the aforesaid defendants, however, Armenia's former
Road Police Chief Margar Ohanyan expressed a readiness to give
testimony. "I am the only one from the four defendants who had no
connection with gasoline. I have many things to say," Ohanyan noted,
and he asked for several days to prepare.
So, the Court adjourned until February 20.
To note, Margar Ohanyan is charged with abuse of official position
and large-scale embezzlement of property, and he is under custody
since August 30. If found guilty, he could face up to 12 years
in prison. In his capacity as Armenia's Road Police Chief, Margar
Ohanyan is charged with appropriating 574,420 liters of gasoline,
which was allocated to the Road Police, and thus with causing the
state damages worth 160 million drams (approx. US$ 420,000).