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

The legal representative had submitted a medical report to the presiding judge, informing that he could not come to the Court, and therefore he asked that the hearing be adjourned.

The judge deemed the attorney’s absence excusable, and adjourned the Court until Thursday.    

Margar Ohanyan is charged with abuse of official position and large-scale embezzlement of property, and he is under custody since August 30.

If found guilty, he could face up to twelve years in prison. 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 Force personnel Stepan Karakhanyan, Ara Levonyan, and Samvel Makhmuryan are also defendants in this case.

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