ARREST CHOSEN AS PRECAUTIONARY MEASURE TOWARDS FORMER RA FOREIGN MINISTER

Noyan Tapan
May 10 2007

YEREVAN, MAY 10, NOYAN TAPAN. The Court of First Instance of the
Yerevan communities of Kentron and Nork Marash satisfied on May 10
the mediation of the National Security Service on choosing two-month
arrest as precautionary measures towards former RA Minister of Foreign
Affairs Alexander Arzumanian.

A. Arzumanian is accused according to Point 1, Part 3, Article 190
of the RA Criminal Code: "Legalization of profits got in a criminal
code," by which 6-12-year imprisonment is envisaged. A. Arzumanian’s
defender Hovik Arsenian informed the Noyan Tapan correspondent about
it. He mentioned that he will appeal the decision of the Court of
First Instance at the RA Appeal Court on Criminal Cases.