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    Armenian official denies journalist's accusations

    Arminfo
    2 Apr 05

    YEREVAN

    "The attempts by the editor-in-chief of Syunats Yerkir [Country of
    Syunik] newspaper, [Samvel Aleksanyan], to accuse me of burning his
    car are slander and a bid to gain popularity with journalists," the
    governor of Syunik Region and a member of the Republic Party of
    Armenia, Suren Khachatryan, has said.

    He said that the editor-in-chief has no evidence proving that the
    governor organized the burning of his car. Khachatryan pointed out
    that he had ordered the law-enforcement bodies to carry out a thorough
    and objective investigation into this case.

    "I am going to deal with this swine within the law," he said.

    Khachatryan also noted that such a statement does not help a
    journalist build up a positive image. "Moreover, his statement harms
    your business (the media is meant)''.

    The editor-in-chief, Samvel Aleksanyan's, Niva jeep was burnt in Goris
    on 1 April. He commented on the incident to Arminfo, describing it as
    another terrorist act against his newspaper by the governor of Syunik
    Region.

    [Passage omitted: minor details]

    From: Emil Lazarian | Ararat NewsPress
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