NO CRIMINAL CASE FILED AGAINST HAKOB HAKOBIAN, HOWEVER HIS ACQUAINTANCE CHARGED WITH KEEPING HOUSE OF PROSTITUTION

Noyan Tapan
Feb 13, 2008

YEREVAN, FEBRUARY 13, NOYAN TAPAN. No criminal case has been filed
against Hakob Hakobian, an MP of the National Assembly, however,
there is a criminal case against an acquaintance in connection with
procuration, keeping houses of prostitution, as well as avoiding
from tax obligations. As Aghvan Hovsepian, the Prosecutor General
of the Republic of Armenia, stated at the press conference held on
February 12, there are detained people, the preliminary investigation
is underway.

Rumours about the persecutions towards MP and defender of the land
Hakob Hakobian spread after the Soul’s Ordeal organization headed by
him declared at the February 9 rally that it supports the candidature
of Levon Ter-Petrosian, the first President of the Republic of Armenia,
in the February 19 presidential elections.

The prosecutor clarified that still on December 9 the administrator of
the resting house located in the building of the former Anush textile
factory, which has no registration and formulation, has applied to
law enforcement bodies stating that a person suffering from a sexual
infection has extorted 50 thousand drams from him. That person,
who allegedly extorted money, in his turn explained that there are
prostitutes in the resting house and that he has been infected from
them and that he is currently receiving treatment for syphilis.

The checkings showed that a house of prostitution really operated in
that resting house for a long period. According to the prosecutor, as
of today 8 rostitutes have been discovered, who were always there, were
involved in prostitution and gave the money to the administrator and
finally they reached the "director": certain Galstian. He, according
to the prosecutor, is the close friend and neighbour of MP Hakob
Hakobian, who has signed a contract with Hakob Hakobian on making
a termless and gratituous use of the Anush textile factory. All the
prostitutes have been sent to examination to check the circumstance
of venereal diseases.