KHACHATUR SUKIASYAN COMES OUT OF UNDERGROUND

ArmInfo
2009-09-02 17:12:00

ArmInfo. Armenian MP and entrepreneur Khachatur Sukiasyan, who has
been wanted since March 2008, surrendered himself to law-enforcers,
Wednesday.

Sukiasyan is accused under Article 225, Part 1 of the Armenian
Criminal Code (organization of mass disorders). The measure of
restraint is arrest.

To recall, Sukiasyan is accused of being privy to organization of March
1 2008 mass disorders in Yerevan when 10 people died and hundreds of
people were injured as a result of clashes between the opposition,
which disagreed with the results of the presidential election,
and the police troops. The criminal case on the mass disorders is
investigated by the Armenian Special Investigative Service. Three
more MPs – Sasoun Mikayelyan, Myasnik Malkhasyan and Hakob Hakobyan
are also defendants in this case.