Law-enforcers raid apartment of ex-director of Museum-Institute of  Armenian Genocide 

ArmInfo.  Hayk Demoyan, former director of the Armenian Genocide Museum-Institute, reported a search of his apartment.

According to him, by decision of Judge Masis Melkonyan of the Yerevan  Criminal Court of First Instance and at the request of Anna  Khachatryan, Senior Investigator of the Malatia-Sebastia  Administrative District of the RA Investigative Committee, parallel  searches were conducted at his apartment in Yerevan and Gyumri.

Demoyan recalled that a criminal case was opened on June 7, 2021,  based on a report from Harutyun Marutyan, director of the  museum-institute. "I received the notice and appeared for  questioning. Moreover, both interrogations were organized at my  suggestion and initiative. I informed the senior investigator in  charge of the case, Lusine Haykyan, that the submitted list of  allegedly stolen items was false and that Harutyun Marutyan had  provided false information during the preliminary investigation,  which is a criminal offense. A week after providing this written  testimony, the investigator in charge of the case informed me that my  written testimony had been lost. I publicly recorded this fact, after  which Lusine Haykyan informed me in writing that my lost testimony  had been found. As a result of the search, the investigative  authorities today confiscated a brass commemorative medal issued in  2001 to mark the 1700th anniversary of Christianity in Armenia. I  purchased it last October at Vernissage for 3,000 drams," Demoyan  noted. He also demanded that security forces conduct searches in the  homes of Foreign Minister Ararat Mirzoyan, Chairman of the National  Assembly Committee of the Republic of Armenia Vladimir Vardanyan,  Chief of Staff of the Prime Minister of the Republic of Armenia  Arayik Harutyunyan, Rector of Yerevan State University Hovhannes  Hovhannisyan, and Director of the Armenian Genocide Museum Harutyun  Marutyan.

"I will closely monitor similar searches of the apartments of the  following: Ararat Mirzoyan. In the criminal case, I mentioned his  possible theft of books, emphasizing the need to study the materials  of the criminal case opened in 2007, based on my report and  Mirzoyan's testimony. Vladimir Vardanyan is also suspected of theft  of books.

I mentioned his possible theft of books, emphasizing the need to  study the materials of the criminal case opened in 2007, based on my  report and Vladimir Vardanyan's testimony. Arayik Harutyunyan is  suspected of hacking into the museum director's personal account in  July 2018 in my absence and causing material damage. I have testimony  on this incident. Hovhannes Hovhannisyan is suspected of hacking into  the museum director's personal account in July 2018 during my absence  and causing material damage. I have testimony on this case. Harutyun  Marutyan is accused of intentionally "Providing false information  during the preliminary investigation, destroying important financial  documents bearing my signature, and complicity in money laundering,"  Demoyan noted.

As a reminder, Arayik Harutyunyan previously denied the charges  against him and announced his intention to file a lawsuit.

Hayk Demoyan is a Doctor of Historical Sciences. He headed the  Armenian Genocide Museum-Institute from 2006 to 2019.