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Analyst: Kocharyan`s case deprived of an important witness as a result of Hayk Harutyunyna`s death

Arminfo, Armenia
Sept 27 2019

ArmInfo. Kocharyan's case  deprived of an important witness as a result of Hayk Harutyunyna's  death. Director of the Armenian Institute of International Relations  and Security Stepan Safaryan expressed a similar opinion to ArmInfo.

On the night of September 24, the body of  former Police Chief Hayk  Harutyunyan was found in his house in Bjni with a gunshot wound to  the head. A firearm and a shell case were found at the scene. 

According to Naira Harutyunyan, press secretary of the Investigative  Committee, a criminal case has been opened on this case, on the  grounds of part 1 of Article 110 ("Bringing a Person to Suicide or  Attempted Suicide by Threats") of the RA Criminal Code.

"Harutyunyan, according to the Prosecutor General, was supposed to  appear in court for a face-to-face confrontation with Kocharyan and  interrogation. At a court hearing on September 17, Kocharyan included  four people with whom he discussed secret order 0038 in 2008 and the  state of emergency called Harutyunyan. It was Harutyunyan who  commanded the actions of the police on the morning of March 1, which,  in his own words, in the court, parliament and the Special  Investigation Service, clearly informed Robert Kocharyan, "he  recalled.

According to Safaryan, according to the results of the expected  interrogation and face-to-face confrontation with Kocharyan,  Harutyunyan either had to take all the blame or confirm his previous  written testimony.  Another important witness, according to the  analyst, is Gegham Petrosyan, who also testified in parliament and  the SIS. And the connecting link between these two planes was  precisely Harutyunyan.  "Without claiming the degree of legal  knowledge of the lawyers and the prosecution, nevertheless, I think  that in all cases the investigation and the court have a satisfactory  amount of evidence given by the late Harutyunyan. The evidence of  which has not been called into question until now. In this light, I  do not think that the death of Harutyunyan will lead the  investigation and the court to a standstill, although it is clear  that, at least at theface-to-face confrontation and interrogation, new  interesting details could come up, "Safaryan summed up.

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