12 officials are charged
The Special Investigative Service charged 12 officials with abuse of official post, exceeding official powers, as well as taking and receiving bribes in the first semester of 2009. Out of the charged, 6 are police officials, four are from the RA Ministry of Justice (including the Compulsory Enactment of Judicial Acts and the Penitentiaries), as well as one official from the Ministries of Defense and Emergency Situations.
In this period, the RA Special Investigative Service has examined 105 criminal cases, of which 31 (against 57 persons) were sent to court, 16 were quashed, 8 were terminated, 12 were sent to another body, 6 were joined with another case and 32 remained unfinished, said Head of the RA Special Investigative Service Andranik Mirzoyan today during a report on the work completed by the service.
According to its nature, eleven of the cases sent to court were for state service, five for public health, one for life and health, constitutional freedoms and rights of humans and citizens and property for each, two for order of governance, one for crimes against social security.
Underlining the problems and flaws of the SIS, Andranik Mirzoyan cleared up the postponement of deadlines for preliminary investigation. He also complained about the fact that not all service officials were provided with offices and the issue concerning the Special Investigative Service's building. He said that many people often confuse the SIS with the Prosecutor's building, thinking that the Special Investigative Service is part of the Prosecution.
RA Prosecutor General Aghvan Hovsepyan was also present during Mirzoyan's report and made a speech.
