FORMER CHIEF OF DEPARTMENT OF INTERNAL AFFAIRS DETAINED ON SUSPICION OF FALSE DENUNCIATION OF THE PRESIDENT OF ARMENIA AND COMMITTING SPECIAL DANGEROUS LESE-MAJESTYOctober 13, 2001 - 22:59 AMT PanARMENIAN.Net - Former Chief of the Department of execution of criminal penalties of the Ministry of Internal Affairs of Armenia Mushegh Saghatelian was detained by law-enforcement bodies on the night of October 13. As reported by "Arminfo" agency, a charge is not brought against him yet, although already in September a criminal action was brought against him concerning the fact of wittingly false denunciation and special dangerous lese-majesties. Let us note that earlier Saghatelian stated about connection of President Robert Kocharian and Defense Minister Serge Sargsian to organizing the act of terrorism in the Armenian Parliament on October 27, 1999. Besides, the Office of Prosecutor General possesses information, according to which Saghatelian presented a spurious diploma on higher education. Saghatelian was dismissed from the occupied position in April 2000, and he was recently expelled from the system of Internal Affairs for divulging official secrets. The Office of Prosecutor General refused to specify whether anyone else was detained in connection with this case. Top stories Armenian Prime Minister Nikol Pashinyan took to social media to thank his Lithuanian counterpart for the contribution. President of the Armenian parliament Alen Simonyan met with the Speaker of the Azerbaijani Milli Majlis Sahiba Gafarova. Achieving stable peace between Armenia and Azerbaijan remains a priority of the OSCE, said Ian Borg. The Cabinet of Ministers decided on Thursday, November 9 to allocated AMD 120 million to arrange the gathering. Partner news | Exclusive access to all EURO 2024 games for Ucom subscribers This year once again Ucom stands as the primary partner of UEFA EURO 2024 in Armenia. Azerbaijan complains to Germany about Armenia's constitution Bayramov has complained about the Armenian constitution to his German counterpart Annalena Berbock. idcoin: New tool in IDBank’s loyalty system IDBank has announced the launch of idcoin, a new tool in the customer loyalty system. Glendale mayor to visit Yerevan Asatryan last visited Armenia in December 2022-January 2023 as she helped establish a partnership between Armenia’s Opera House and Los Angeles Opera. |