SURPRISE IN COURT
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[06:42 pm] 28 June, 2007
Pargev Ohanyan, judge of First Instance Court of Kentron and Nork
Marash Communities, did not deliver the anticipated judgment proposing
to recommence the court proceedings. The case concerns proceedings
taken against the president of the "Royal Armenia" company Gagik
Hakobyan and the vice president Aram Ghazaryan.
They are blamed in smuggling and in avoiding carrying out tax and
customs duties. The prosecutors demanded to sentence Gagik Hakobyan
to 12 years of imprisonment, confiscation of 1/3 of property and to
sentence Aram Ghazaryan to 11 years of imprisonment.
The delay of the sentence Mr Ohanyan motivated that the investigation
should be supplemented, i.e.
accounting and economic observations should be examined additionally.