President Of The Country Assigns To Undertake All Necessary Steps To

PRESIDENT OF THE COUNTRY ASSIGNS TO UNDERTAKE ALL NECESSARY STEPS TO REVEAL MURDER OF GEVORG MHERIAN

ARMENPRESS
Feb 5, 2009

YEREVAN, FEBRUARY 5, ARMENPRESS: President of Armenia Serzh Sargsyan
called today a consultation connected with the murder of deputy chief
of the police Gevorg Mherian.

Presidential press service told Armenpress that referring to
the committed crime the president of the country noted that he
was in permanent touch from Moscow and is aware of the pace of
investigation. The president demanded that a more detailed report be
presented on the work conducted until now towards the revealing of
the crime, circumstances and hypotheses.

The president of the country noted that "the crime caused pain to
thousands of people". "The bullet of the criminal was directed not
only towards one person, official but towards a whole system – police,
whole law enforcement system. The recent activity of G. Mherian was
directed towards the fight for elimination of corruption mechanisms and
we must realize it. We must realize it and give relevant response. Our
activities must stem from this circumstance."

Chief of the police Alik Sargsyan, head of the National Security
Council Gorik Hakobian, chief prosecutor Aghvan Hovsepian and head of
the investigation group Hektor Sardarian reported the details of the
case and the main directions of the investigation. The president of
the country assigned to periodically report over the results of the
investigation and undertake all the necessary steps for revealing
the crime.