FORMER ARMENIAN JUSTICE MINISTRY OFFICIAL ARRESTED ON KIDNAPPING CHARGES
Arminfo
30 Jul 07
Yerevan, 30 July: The former chief of the department for correctional
facilities of the Armenian Ministry of Justice, Samvel Hovhannisyan,
has been arrested.
Hovhannisyan is charged under Part 3 of Article 131 of the Armenian
Criminal Code (kidnapping), Sona Truzyan, press secretary of the
Armenian prosecutor-general, has told an Arminfo correspondent. Charges
have already been brought against Hovhannisyan. However, no restraining
measure has been chosen yet. Truzyan refused to report details of
the case in the interests of the investigation.