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    Interfax, Russia
    Russia & CIS Military Newswire
    February 22, 2008 Friday 2:46 PM MSK


    Police in Armenia detain suspect in presidential election fraud

    YEREVAN Feb 22


    The Armenian Special Investigative Service has arrested head of
    Polling Station N9/31 in Yerevan Eduard Agajanian, the Armenian
    Prosecutor General's Office spokesperson told Interfax.

    "The Armenian Central Election Commission reported to the Special
    Investigative Service that the results of the presidential election
    on February 19 were falsified by the chairman, his deputy and members
    of Polling Station N9/31 in Yerevan," Sona Truzian, a spokeswoman for
    the Prosecutor General, said.

    The inquiry revealed that these officials entered and signed
    "obviously false and misleading information, thereby falsifying the
    results of the vote," the spokeswoman said.

    The Special Investigative Service has launched a criminal case. The
    investigation is under way.
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