The news, published by
Le Canard enchaîné
, had the effect of an explosion.
The former president and director of the Louvre, Jean-Luc Martinez, the current director of the museum's Egyptian antiquities department, Vincent Rondot, as well as Olivier Perdu, Egyptologist from the College de France, have been in custody since May 23. , and had still not been released by the end of the day on May 25.
For the moment, and although the length of the police custody surprises everyone, nothing indicates that they will be indicted, nor that they have anything to reproach themselves for.
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