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    A WEEK LATER: STILL NO GOOD NEWS FOR MANAGER OF DEMOLISHED 'MILANO' SHOP IN YEREVAN

    epress.am
    08.30.2011 16:35

    A week has passed since clothing and footwear shop "Milano" at 4
    Abovyan St. in Yerevan was demolished, however, police have taken
    no steps to rectify the situation and goods are being robbed from
    beneath the rubble, according to the shop manager, Hovhannes Ghukasyan.

    Demolition of the building - while there was still valuable goods
    and furniture in the shop, says Ghukasyan - was completed on Aug. 22.

    According to the shop manager, on Aug. 21, while the shop was
    still standing, he had asked that demolition work be ceased since
    the legality of the act had not yet been determined. Police and
    construction workers, however, were told otherwise and carried out
    the demolition.

    Later, Ghukasyan and his attorney T. Hayrapetyan reportedly went to
    the downtown police station, where they stayed till 3 am, to report
    a crime. The investigator they spoke to promised to follow up with
    them the next day; however, the next day, a Sunday, no one came -
    worse, another attempt was made to demolish the building. At 7 am on
    Monday, the building was razed to the ground. On Aug. 23, Ghukasyan
    was called to the police station to give a testimony. According to
    the store manager, he presented his losses (by way of a list of goods
    and furniture), as well as the illegality of the demolition, but the
    police only asked after the grounds of the goods and furniture he
    acquired, according to a statement sent to the press by Ghukasyan.

    Earlier, media reported that Ghukasyan's attorneys said that the state
    simply "gave" Milano's basement, second floor and attic to developer
    company AVO FMH which reportedly belongs to Syrian Armenian businessman
    Avetis Karagulyan.

    Supporters have launched a Facebook community page to report on
    developments in this case.

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