YEREVAN. – The next hearing into Armenia’s former Road Police (RP) Chief Margar Ohanyan’s case resumed on Tuesday, at capital Yerevan’s Central and Nork Marash General Jurisdiction Court. But it became apparent that the RP representative and Ohanyan’s attorney had not appeared to Court.

The RP representative had informed that he could not attend Tuesday’s hearing and had asked that the trial be held in his absence.  

Margar Ohanyan’s lawyer, on the other hand, had noted that he was ill and needed two weeks to fully recover.  

So, the presiding judge adjourned the Court until May 14.    

Margar Ohanyan is charged with abuse of official position and large-scale embezzlement of property, and he is in custody since August 30. In his capacity as Armenia’s Road Police Chief, Margar Ohanyan is charged with appropriating 574,420 liters of gasoline, which was allocated to the Road Police, and thus with causing the state damages worth 160 million drams (approx. US$ 420,000). Along with Margar Ohanyan, Police personnel Stepan Karakhanyan, Ara Levonyan, and Samvel Makhmuryan are also being tried in this case.