61. The legislature two weeks ago rejected a request by the prosecutor general to lift the parliamentary immunity of Vano Siradenyan, leader of the Armenian National Movement. 62. The general prosecutor has launched an investigation against an ultranationalist lawmaker on libel charges and is seeking to have his parliamentary immunity lifted, newspapers reported Thursday. 63. The prosecutor general has launched an investigation of the editor of the opposition Al-Shaab newspaper for an article he wrote on alleged corruption by a government official. 64. The prosecutor general said Tuesday that a son of President Kim Young-sam will be questioned early next month about alleged influence peddling. 65. The names were to be published by the state news agency BTA later in the day, state radio reported, and will be forwarded to the prosecutor general. 66. The prosecutor general was not immediately available for comment Sunday, a holiday in Egypt and throughout the Muslim world. 67. The police spokesman, speaking on condition of anonymity, said the prosecutor general ordered the body to remain in place until the public coroner examined it. 68. The question of cartel influence in politics has focused in recent weeks on an investigation by the prosecutor general into whether eight congressmen and the comptroller took drug money. 69. The president said he planned to replace the prosecutor general, even though he was not directly implicated in the scandal. 70. The prosecutor general can reduce the sentences but cannot make them stiffer, Amiri said. |