Former FM Alik Arzumanyan And Suren Sirunyan Are Released

FORMER FM ALIK ARZUMANYAN AND SUREN SIRUNYAN ARE RELEASED

/PanARMENIAN.Net/
22.06.2009 19:07 GMT+04:00

/PanARMENIAN.Net/ The judge of Shengavit district’s universal
jurisdiction court has today returned verdict on releasing former FM
Alik Arzumanyan and Suren Sirunyan, who were accused of participating
in March 1, 2008 disorders.

Alik Arzumanyan was found guilty under Section 1, Article 225 of
RA Criminal Code (Organization of mass disorder, accompanied with
violence, pogroms, arson, destruction or damage to property, using
fire-arms, explosives or explosive devices, or by armed resistance
to the representative of the authorities). The article envisages
imprisonment for the term of up to 5 years.

Suren Sirunyan was sentenced to 4 years of imprisonment. Based on
RA NA decision on declaring amnesty, the judge decided to release
defendants right after court hearing.