This morning at the Kentron and Nork-Marash District Court the case of Vahagn Gevorgyan, son of Hayk Gevorgyan, a manager and reporter at the daily newspaper "Haykakan Zhamanak" got underway. The trial was postponed till August 19. Vahagn is charged with verbal injury and assault against an officer of the state. The postponement was due to the fact that Vahagn had to change lawyers at the last moment and because one of the scheduled witnesses was on vacation and couldn't make the court session. The criminal case against Vahagn Gevorgyan stems from an encounter that opposition youth had with the police on Northern Avenue back in April. The maximum penalty for verbal injury is a fine of 100 AMD and 300,000 - 500,000, or five years in jail, for the assault charge.