JHANGIRIAN’S DETENTION TERM PROLONGED
Support A1+!Today Kentron and Nork-Marash General Jurisdiction Court prolonged the detention term of former Deputy Prosecutor General Gagik Jhangirian till August 24.
Jhangirian was detained on February 23. On February 27 he was charged under Articles 316 and 235 of the Criminal Code /carrying illegal weapons; using violence against the police/. On June 13 by the decision of Senior Investigator of the RA SIS Vahagn Harutyunian the accusation brought against Jhangirian under Article 235 was dismissed, after which Harutyunian raised a claim on prolonging Jhangirian’s detention term for another 2 months.
The Court considered the claim grounded and liable to approval as “the investigators’ argumentations can serve as basis for the Court to believe that Jhangirian was involved in various crimes”.
Besides, if Jhangirian stayed in freedom “he could hide from the court and hinder the investigation process”.
By the way Gagik Jhangirian refused to appear in court as, according to his lawyer Lusine Sahakian, he considered it useless knowing beforehand that the decision had been ready long before.
“The decision is illogical. Such attitude of the court can have 2 reasons: either the Judge is ignorant of the Constitution or he simply cannot be impartial. I don’t think the judge is illiterate. He just had to announce such a verdict,” declared Lusine Sahakian.
The lawyers are going to appeal the decision in higher courts.
