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    POLICE REPRESENTATIVES KEEPING MUM ON TRAFFIC POLICE CHIEF'S ARREST

    epress.am
    08.31.2011 14:35

    Head of the public relations department at Yerevan's Kentron
    ("central") police station Armen Malkhasyan, speaking to journalists
    in the Armenian capital today, didn't share any details regarding the
    arrest of chief of Armenia's traffic police, Colonel Margar Ohanyan,
    saying only that the case is being examined by the RA Special
    Investigative Service.

    Considering that Ohanyan is being accused of embezzling fuel,
    Epress.am asked Malkhasyan whether the police division didn't receive
    any complaints from officers.

    The public relations chief responded in the negative, adding, "In any
    case, the RA police press department has not received [complaints]."

    RA Traffic Police Road Patrol Service Division Chief Norik Sargsyan
    (pictured), also present at the press conference, said he was not
    questioned in the Margar Ohanyan case.

    Sargsyan didn't wish to comment on unconfirmed reports that he will
    be replacing Ohanyan as head of the RA Traffic Police.

    "We are military servicemen. Who will serve where is decided by police
    management. We carry out orders. If they decide that I have to serve
    in Amasia, I will go and serve in Amasia. There's been no such talk,
    and as for what I wish, every man can have wishes [desires]," he said.

    As previously reported, Colonel Margar Ohanyan was arrested on
    Tuesday on suspicion of abuse of power and large-scale embezzlement
    and charged under RA Criminal Code Article 308 Section 2 and Article
    179 Section 3-1.

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