YEREVAN. – The criminal case involving Armen Tavadyan, the owner of 5th Channel television, and Varuzhan Mkrtchyan, the other accused, has been sent—along with the indictment—to the prosecutor's office for confirmation. This was reported to Armenian News-NEWS.am by the Special Investigation Service.

Yesterday, the Criminal Court of Appeal ruled to release Tavadyan from custody. Speaking to reporters, his lawyer Hovhannes Khudoyan had said that the reason for granting their respective appeal was the absence of reasonable doubt.

Armen Tavadyan, the owner of 5th Channel television of Armenia, was arrested along the lines of the criminal case on Varuzhan Mkrtchyan, a supporter of Armenia’s second President Robert Kocharyan, who is believed to have proposed a victim of the March 1, 2008 case to take back testimony. Tavadyan was arrested on suspicion under the Criminal Code article on false testimony, and bribery or coercion to give a false conclusion or incorrect translation.