SUB-COMMISSION FORMED IN TURKISH PARLIAMENT TO INQUIRE DINK AND OKEY MURDERS

ArmRadio – Public Radio, Armenia
Oct 2 2007

The Human Rights Commission of the Parliament decided to form a
sub-commission to work on the assassinations of Turkish-Armenian
journalist Hrant Dink and Nigerian migrant Festus Okey, who was shot
to death by a policeman while he was under custody at Beyoðlu district
Directorate of Security.

The sub-commission will go to Istanbul and Trabzon, the hometown of
the confessed gunman of Dink, and will make some inquiries careful
not to affect the legal procedure, because the issues are handed
to judiciary bodies and will submit its report to the Parliament
Speaker’s Office. The commission will be able to intervene on both
issues if deemed necessary, reported the Anatolia news agency.

At the commission meeting chaired by ruling Justice and Development
Party (AKP) Mersin deputy Zafer Usluk, the commission discussed how
to proceed. The commission authorized the Parliament Speaker’s office
to be able to take action concerning issues under the commission’s
sphere of duties and determined to form sub-commissions for some
issues on the agenda.

The issues to be reviewed by sub-commissions will be decided in the
next meeting.

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