COURT EXTENDED IMPRISONMENT TERM OF THE FORMER FOREIGN MINISTER ALEKSANDR ARZUMANYAN FOR TWO MORE MONTHS IN ORDER TO HOLD ADDITIONAL INVESTIGATION MEASURES

arminfo
2007-07-02 13:27:00

Today first instance court of the Center and Nork-Marash districts of
Yerevan under the chairmanship of judge Ruben Nersisyan satisfied an
appeal of the Investigation Department of National Security Service
to extend imprisonment term of the former foreign minister Aleksandr
Arzumanyan for two more months.

As Arzumanyan’s lawyer Hovik Arsenyan told journalists after the court
sitting, the court made such a decision . The court thinks that letting
Arzumanyan free may thwart holding of the pre-court investigation.

To recall, the former foreign minister Aleksandr Arzumanyan was
arrested on 7 May 2007. The Investigation Department of National
Security Service brought a charge against him for "illegal money
laundering".