KARABAKH WAR PARTICIPANTS ARRESTED IN YEREVAN

Noyan Tapan
Dec 11 2006

YEREVAN, DECEMBER 11, NOYAN TAPAN. Karabakh war participants
were arrested during the night of December 9-10. The Noyan Tapan
correspondent was informed about it by the "Hayrenik ev Pativ"
(Fatherland and Honour) party. Vardan Malkhasian, a member of the
"Hayrenik ev Pativ" party political council, the head of the Aragatsotn
marz department of the party, a participant of the Karabakh war,
was arrested in his own house by the RA National Security Service
employees. V.Malkhasian’s daughter Sona informed the Noyan Tapan
correspondent that 7-8 employess of the National Security Service
really broke into their house at night of December 10 and searched the
house. Responding the family members’ questions, for what purpose they
were searching their house and where they were taking V.Malkhasian,
the Special Security Service employees said that they "must speak to
Malkhasian." Sona Malkhasian mentioned that her father was specially
arrested on Sunday as it is known that neither jousnalists nor special
services themselves work on that day. The Noyan Tapan correspondent
managed to find out that besides Malkhasian, other participants of
the Karabakh war as well, including Zhirayr Sefilian, the "Shoushi"
special battalion commander, coordinator of the "Defence of Liberated
Territories" public organization, were arrested.