Three senior health officials detained in Armenia

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Armenian law-enforcement authorities have detained three senior health officials on charges of abuse of power.

Three senior health officials detained in Armenia

YEREVAN, June 14. /ARKA/. Armenian law-enforcement authorities have detained three senior health officials on charges of abuse of power.

The arrested men are Saro Tsaturyan, head of the State Public Health Agency, an affiliation of the Ministry of Health, Arsen Sedrakyan, head of the Yerevan City Center of the Agency and Samvel Kharazyan, former head of an Agency department in charge of purchase of medical services and information.-0-

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