FORMER HEAD OF RA JUSTICE MINISTRY’S PENITENTIARY DEPARTMENT ACCUSED OF KIDNAPPING
Noyan Tapan
Jul 30, 2007
YEREVAN, JULY 30, NOYAN TAPAN. Samvel Hovhannisian, the former Head
of the RA Justice Ministry’s Penitentiary Department, is accused of
point 1, part 3, Article 131 of the RA Criminal Code, kidnapping by
an organized group.
The case is examined at the Investigation Department of the RA
Prosecutor General’s Office. The other details of the case are kept
secret at present, proceeding from the interests of the preliminary
examination. It should be mentioned that the above mentioned article
envisages 7-10 years’ imprisonment.