Suspect in Complicity in March Violence Accuses Opposition MP of Putting Pressure On Him

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05.09.2008, 23:52

Felix Gevorgyan, who is now kept in pretrial detention facilities on charge of complicity in March violence, sent written statement to Prosecutor General’s Office on Thursday that Armen Martirosyan, an MP from Zharangutyun (Heritage) opposition party, put

YEREVAN, September 5. /ARKA/. Felix Gevorgyan, who is now kept in pretrial detention facilities on charge of complicity in March violence, sent written statement to Prosecutor General’s Office on Thursday that Armen Martirosyan, an MP from Zharangutyun (Heritage) opposition party, put psychological pressure on him.

Gevorgyan said that the lawmaker, who visited him in jail, hinted that the suspect could be arrested on trumped-up charge.

Armenian Prosecutor General Aghvan Hovsepyan sent the statement to Samvel Nikoyan, the chairman of the parliamentary committee set up for investigating Merch events. –0--

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