The court hearing on the case of Armenia’s former chief of traffic police Margar Ohanyan and a number of traffic police employees will be launched today, January 9.
The hearings will be held at Court of General Jurisdiction of Kentron and Nork-Marash Administrative Districts by Judge Mkhitar Papoyan, Armenian Legal Information System reported.
Margar Ohanyan was detained on August 30 for alleged appropriation of petrol prescribed to the police. He is accused under article 308.2 and article 179.2.1 of Armenian Criminal Code (power abuse and embezzlement of large scale public property).
According to Haykakan Zhamanak (Armenian Time) newspaper, former employees of traffic police Stepan Kharakhanyan, Ara Levonyan and Samvel Makhmuryan are accused similar crimes.
Ohanyan’s lawyer said his client transferred AMD 57 million to the state budget, which, however, "does not mean he admitted his guilt."
“This is a matter of honor, the incident occurred in an agency he once headed,” the lawyer said.
