Armenian Prime Minister Tigran Sargsyan dismissed Levon Mikaelyan, deputy head of Kotayk regional administration, according to the presidential decree of May 6, 1997, Aysor reports.
Mikaelyan was caught receiving a bribe of $97 from a school director on July 13. The National Security Service said that the official was regularly demanding bribes from school directors in order for them to avoid inspections and problems.
