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YEREVAN (Azatutyun.am) Law-enforcement authorities have arrested the heads of two more communities of Armenia’s southeastern Syunik province in a continuing crackdown on local leaders and supporters of the main opposition Hayastan alliance. One of them, Mkhitar Zakaryan, was taken into custody early on Monday three days after resigning as mayor of the towns of Meghri and Agarak and several nearby villages making up a single administrative unit. The Investigative Committee said afterwards that he has been formally charged with abuse of power and fraud. Zakaryan rejected the accusations through his lawyer, Yerem Sargsyan. Sargsyan said Zakaryan was manhandled by masked and heavily armed police officers shortly after arriving, together with him, at a police department in Yerevan. He said Zakaryan was toppled to the ground, filmed and dragged away by the officers despite not putting up any resistance.

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