Preventive measure against Levon Kocharyan`s assistant changed

ArmInfo.The preventive measure against the assistant of the Armenian parliament member from the  opposition faction "Hayastan" (Armenia) Levon Kocharyan - Artur Sukoyan has been changed.

As reported by his lawyer Erik Aleksanyan, the preventive measure has  been changed to house arrest.

On May 2, the Investigative Committee of Armenia petitioned for  Sukoyan's arrest for two months. The court granted this petition.  According to the Investigative Committee, "on April 30, Sukoyan  approached Civi?.am correspondent David Levonyan in the courtyard of  the parliament, got into an argument with him and hit him in the  face, while threatening the journalist, demanding that he not  distribute unwanted videos." After the incident, the journalist  submitted a report on the crime. According to him, the conflict was  caused by a video published by the journalist and related to primate  of the Tavush Diocese, Archbishop of the Armenian Apostolic Church  Bagrat Galstyan. The pro-government journalist, in particular, called  Galstyan a "KGB" agent who "receives money from the Kremlin."  Touching on this incident, Sukoyan himself stated that Levonyan has  recently distinguished himself with his "mission" to discredit the  church, which is unacceptable for him. "I tried to explain the same  thing to him when I accidentally saw him in the courtyard of the  National Assembly. I approached him and said that attacks on churches  are unacceptable to me as an Armenian and as a Christian. I told him  that it is immoral," he said. According to Sukoyan, David Levonyan  insulted him in response and received a blow. "I hit him once, he  fell to the ground. He stood up and started shouting something, but I  did not give in to these provocations. I did not want to hit him, but  when people cross the red line, it is very painful for me. It is sad  that today the Armenian Apostolic Church is attacked in Armenia and  by Armenians. This young man did not fully understand what my anger  was about," concluded Levon Kocharyan's assistant. It is noteworthy  that law enforcement agencies do not act so quickly in cases of  violence against opposition journalists by pro-government officials.