Representatives of Levon Ghulyan’s legal successors criticize medical
evidence in court

ArmInfo
2007-06-02 13:31:00

Representatives of Levon Ghulyan’s the legal successors have
criticized the statement by the Prosecutor General’s Office on the
results of medical examination. L. Ghulyan died in the Police
building.

The message of Hrayr Ghukassyan and Aram Karakhanyan received by
ArmInfo says that the statement by the Prosecutor General’s Office
contains odd bits of information from the medical examination,
isolated phrases or conclusions. They are sure that only comparison
of the existing medical examination and the alternative examination by
international experts will allow any conclusions on the incident. They
mentioned that under the legislation of Armenia no proof is valid
before the end of investigation.

Levon Gulyan, born in 1976, was invited to the police to give
testimony on the Stepan Vardanyan murder case, committed on 9 May. The
law-enforcement agencies report that Gulyan tried to run away, but
over the fight he fell from the second floor window and died.
Relatives of Ghulayn are sure that he died of bodily harms. They
connect the incident with the name of First Deputy Chief of Criminal
Investigation General Department Hovhanness Tamamyan known for his
methods of working with the detained people. Yerevan Prosecutor’s
Office has initiated a criminal case on Article 110 of RA Criminal
Code ( forcible suicide ). The medical examination of May 13 showed
that L. Ghulyan died of bodily injuries typical of a fall from a
height. Ghulyan’s relatives insisted on an alternative examination
with participation of German and Dutch experts. The alternative
examination was carried out on May 19. However, the result has not
been made public so far.