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IMPRISONED FORMER ARMENIAN POLICE OFFICIAL TO BE GRANTED PARDON? - NEWSPAPER
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July 12, 2012 | 08:06
YEREVAN. - Armenia's former Police Criminal Investigation Department
Chief, Police Major General Hovhannes Tamamyan, who was sentenced to
four years in prison on charges of misusing official power, could be
released soon, Haykakan Zhamanak daily writes.
"It is assumed that he will be released by way of being granted pardon
by [President] Serzh Sargsyan.
To our correspondent's query regarding this prospect, Tamamyan's
attorney Vaghinak Gevorgyan responded that he is not authorized to
answer questions referring to the petition for a pardon.
[Yet] According to our information, Tamamyan's petition for a pardon
is at the Presidential Palace for already more than a week and Serzh
Sargsyan is expected to sign the respective decree soon, and he
[Tamamyan] will be released.
But the public will not be informed of this, since the decrees on
[granting] pardon are not publicized," Haykakan Zhamanak writes.
news.am
July 12, 2012 | 08:06
YEREVAN. - Armenia's former Police Criminal Investigation Department
Chief, Police Major General Hovhannes Tamamyan, who was sentenced to
four years in prison on charges of misusing official power, could be
released soon, Haykakan Zhamanak daily writes.
"It is assumed that he will be released by way of being granted pardon
by [President] Serzh Sargsyan.
To our correspondent's query regarding this prospect, Tamamyan's
attorney Vaghinak Gevorgyan responded that he is not authorized to
answer questions referring to the petition for a pardon.
[Yet] According to our information, Tamamyan's petition for a pardon
is at the Presidential Palace for already more than a week and Serzh
Sargsyan is expected to sign the respective decree soon, and he
[Tamamyan] will be released.
But the public will not be informed of this, since the decrees on
[granting] pardon are not publicized," Haykakan Zhamanak writes.