Interfax, Russia
Russia & CIS Military Newswire
February 22, 2008 Friday 2:46 PM MSK

Police in Armenia detain suspect in presidential election fraud

YEREVAN Feb 22

The Armenian Special Investigative Service has arrested head of
Polling Station N9/31 in Yerevan Eduard Agajanian, the Armenian
Prosecutor General’s Office spokesperson told Interfax.

"The Armenian Central Election Commission reported to the Special
Investigative Service that the results of the presidential election
on February 19 were falsified by the chairman, his deputy and members
of Polling Station N9/31 in Yerevan," Sona Truzian, a spokeswoman for
the Prosecutor General, said.

The inquiry revealed that these officials entered and signed
"obviously false and misleading information, thereby falsifying the
results of the vote," the spokeswoman said.

The Special Investigative Service has launched a criminal case. The
investigation is under way.