GAGIK HAKOBIAN WAS NOT HANDCUFFED
Support A1+!Today, RA Court on Criminal and Marshal Issues postponed hearings on Royal Armenia because of the absence of the complainant.
To remind, today Gagik Hakobian, the leading shareholder of Royal Armenia Company, was arrested at the airport the moment he returned from Spain.
Gagik Hakobian, and Royal Armenia’s deputy director Aram Ghazarian, were detained in October, 2005, after having publicly accused the RA Customs office of corruption. Under the decision of the First Instance Court they were acquitted in about two years.
The prosecutor had challenged the decision of the First Instance Court, Hakobian's acquittal, at the Court of Appeals. Hakobian didn't attend the Appellate Court hearings as he was undergoing medical treatment in Spain.
The court granted the petition submitted by the General Prosecutor's office changing the restraint by an arrest.
“Why should Gagik Hakobian return to Armenia,if he is a wanted criminal?” Aram Ghazarian told A1+.
