HOVHANNES TAMAMIAN: MAJORITY OF CRIMES AGAINST JOURNALISTS NOT DISCLOSED
Noyan Tapan
Dec 15, 2008
YEREVAN, DECEMBER 15, NOYAN TAPAN. The police operation in Yerevan’s
Liberty Square on the morning of March 1 was led by the head of the
Main Criminal Search Department of the RA Police, Colonel Hovhannes
Tamamian based on operative information received and with permission
of the RA Police head Hayk Harutyunian, H. Tamamian said in response
to reporters’ questions at the December 12 press conference.
When responding to the question: "What was your mission when you
came to Liberty Square?", the police official replied: "The purpose
was to search for arms, ammunition and other items that those who
gathered in the square had, there was no point in dispersing those
gathered". He also said that during the operation, some additional
forces were moved to the area but they intervened only after a clash
began between operative employees and demonstrators.
H. Tamamian informed reporters that in 2008, "thieves in law" were
arrested by only the Main Criminal Search Department: there are five
of them. "We will struggle so that there will be no "thieves in law"
in our society and we will not allow any clans to form," he stated.
In his words, the majority of crimes committed against journalists
were not disclosed but it does not mean these crimes "are out of
control, they are under our control and work on their disclosure
is continuing". A person was arrested in connection with the latest
crime – the violence committed against the chairman of Investigative
Journalists NGO Edik Baghdasarian, however, according to H. Tamamian,
in this respect information is not published in the interests of
the investigation.
From: Emil Lazarian | Ararat NewsPress
