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EREBUNI DISTRICT POLICE CHIEF FIRED OVER CORRUPTION CASE
epress.am
11.10.2011
The police chief of Yerevan's southern Erebuni district, Grigor
Grigoryan, was sacked on Wednesday following the disappearance of
his deputy charged with bribery.
Law-enforcement authorities say the officer, Mihran Keshishyan, went
into hiding after being formally accused of demanding $13,000 to end
a criminal investigation of alleged drugs trafficking into Yerevan's
Nubarashen prison, the largest in the country.
The chief of Yerevan's police department, Major-General Nerses
Nazaryan, acknowledged the direct link between Grigoryan's sacking and
the bribery case handled by the Special Investigative Service (SIS).
"Every manager is responsible for his staff," he told RFE/RL's Armenian
service (Azatutyun.am).
"I think that he will be prudent enough to surrender himself,"
Nazaryan said, referring to the fugitive officer. "If not, he will
definitely be tracked down. He can't remain on the run."
Keshishyan apparently evaded prosecution amid sweeping personnel
changes initiated by Vladimir Gasparyan, the new chief of the Armenian
police. At least a dozen senior police officials have been dismissed
or moved to other positions since Gasparyan's appointment by Armenian
President Serzh Sargsyan just over a week ago.
In a statement issued on Wednesday, the police accused media of
spreading false "rumors and gossips" about motives behind those
changes and thus "interfering with the normal work of the police."
"The ongoing cadre changes in the [police] system are ... aimed at
improving its work and effectiveness," said the statement.
In that regard, Nazaryan refuted a newspaper report that said he too
is set to lose his job. "The minister has told me that we are going
to work together better and for a long time," said the police general.
epress.am
11.10.2011
The police chief of Yerevan's southern Erebuni district, Grigor
Grigoryan, was sacked on Wednesday following the disappearance of
his deputy charged with bribery.
Law-enforcement authorities say the officer, Mihran Keshishyan, went
into hiding after being formally accused of demanding $13,000 to end
a criminal investigation of alleged drugs trafficking into Yerevan's
Nubarashen prison, the largest in the country.
The chief of Yerevan's police department, Major-General Nerses
Nazaryan, acknowledged the direct link between Grigoryan's sacking and
the bribery case handled by the Special Investigative Service (SIS).
"Every manager is responsible for his staff," he told RFE/RL's Armenian
service (Azatutyun.am).
"I think that he will be prudent enough to surrender himself,"
Nazaryan said, referring to the fugitive officer. "If not, he will
definitely be tracked down. He can't remain on the run."
Keshishyan apparently evaded prosecution amid sweeping personnel
changes initiated by Vladimir Gasparyan, the new chief of the Armenian
police. At least a dozen senior police officials have been dismissed
or moved to other positions since Gasparyan's appointment by Armenian
President Serzh Sargsyan just over a week ago.
In a statement issued on Wednesday, the police accused media of
spreading false "rumors and gossips" about motives behind those
changes and thus "interfering with the normal work of the police."
"The ongoing cadre changes in the [police] system are ... aimed at
improving its work and effectiveness," said the statement.
In that regard, Nazaryan refuted a newspaper report that said he too
is set to lose his job. "The minister has told me that we are going
to work together better and for a long time," said the police general.