Ulaanbaatar
Mongolia and Hong Kong to ink agreement on criminal transfers
PoliticsUlaanbaatar /MONTSAME/ The cabinet, at its regular meeting on Monday, permitted the Minister of Justice D.Dorligjav to sign the Agreement on Criminal Case Legal Assistances between the Government of Mongolia and the autonomous government of Hong Kong special administrative unit of the People’s Republic of China.
According to data from the Ministry of Foreign Affairs, 127 Mongolians are living in Hong Kong. There two people, arrested and being investigated, and 21 jailed.
With the signing of intergovernmental agreement, law enforcement bodies of the two countries can easily collaborate in investigation, judicial proceedings and prosecutions of criminal cases. It will also facilitate timely transfers of sentenced persons, who want to serve their sentences in Mongolia.
