NO LEGAL NORM WAS VIOLATED IN CHOOSING MEASURE OF RESTRAINTFOR ZHIRAYR SEFILIAN, SPOKESWOMAN FOR PROSECUTOR GENERAL SAYS

Noyan Tapan
Jun 19 2007

YEREVAN, JUNE 19, NOYAN TAPAN. No legal norm was violated in choosing
arrest as a measure of restraint for Zhirayr Sefilian. Commenting
on the statement of Z. Sefilian’s defence lawyers that the term of
his arrest is over and it is illegal to keep him under arrest, the
spokeswoman for the RA Prosecutor General, Sona Truzian, said that the
criminal case was sent to court five days before the expiry of the
term of arrest on June 5. In accordance with Article 138 Point 3 of
the RA Criminal Procedure Code, the procedure on the term of keeping
Z. Sefilian under arrest has been suspended. "The procedure on the
term of keeping the accused under arrest is suspended on the day when
the prosecutor sends the criminal case to court," S. Truzian noted.

According to Point 6 of the indicated article, no maximum term of
keeping the accused under arrest is stipulated during the examination
of the case in court.