Community Mayors Call on President Sargsyan to Pardon Serop Der-Boghossian

11:03, August 9, 2012

Several community leaders in Lori Marz have sent letters to President Serzh Sargsyan, asking that he pardon Serop Der-Boghossian who was found guilty in 2011 of "having sex with minors against their will" and sentenced to 15 years imprisonment.

Those sending the pleas for mercy are Tchotchkan Mayor Samvel Gigolyan, Karkop Mayor Zhora Aybekyan, Neghots Mayor Spartak Begdjanyan and Shamlough Mayor Lendroush Bezhanyan.

Hetq contacted the mayors to verify the news. Tchotchkan Mayor Samvel Gigolyan confirmed the news by telephone. "I wrote the president under a month ago. Before his arrest, Serop gave me 6 million AMD to repair a village water main. In my request I wrote that he had committed a serious crime and had been punished but that I was asking that he be pardoned," said Gigolyan.  Read more... (696 words)

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