CRIMINAL CASE INSTITUTED AGAINST HAYKAKAN ZHAMANAK ON VAZGEN MANUKIAN’S ORDER
Noyan Tapan
Dec 24 2007
YEREVAN, DECEMBER 24, NOYAN TAPAN. Vazgen Manukian, the Chairman
of the National Democratic Union party, on December 20, sent an
application-complaint to the RA Prosecutor General asking him to
institute a criminal case against the Haykakan Zhamanak daily with
the fact of slander and insult.
According to the website of the RA Prosecutor General’s Office,
V. Manukian wrote in his application-complaint that the article under
the title "Vazgen Manukian’s "Mein Kampf" – My Struggle" published in
issue 224 of December 15, 2007 of Haykakan Zhamanak publicly spread
obviously false information humuliating his honor and dignity, and
this information was accompanied by accusations of committing grave
and especially grave crimes, he was accused of organized a coup d’etat,
a revolution, of "absolute betrayal."
Taking into consideration the fact that circumstances mentioned
in V. Manukian’s application contain signs of slander and insult,
as well as taking into consideration the fact that investigative
and judicial actions need to be carried out only within the limits
of the criminal case in order to check that fact, a criminal case
was instituted by the Department on Crimes Aimed Against People of
the RA Prosecutor General’s Office on December 20, 2007, by part 1,
Article 135 and part 1, Article 136, RA Criminal Code.
The criminal case was sent to the Investigative Department of the
Kentron Police Station for carrying out examination.