Former Prime Ministers under arrest

Politics
amina@montsame.mn
2018-04-11 17:08:40
Ulaanbaatar /MONTSAME/ Former Prime Ministers S.Bayar and Ch.Saikhanbileg are under arrest, said the Independent Authority Against Corruption (IAAC) on April 11.

The IAAC is investigating into possible abuse of power by certain government officials during the negotiations for the Oyu Tolgoi agreements, namely the Investment Agreement between the Government of Mongolia and Ivanhoe Mines Mongolia Inc LLC and Ivanhoe Mines Ltd and Rio Tinto International Holdings Limited, signed on October 6, 2009, and the Oyu Tolgoi Underground Mine Development and Financing Plan, signed on May 18, 2015.

Former Prime Ministers S.Bayar, who was in office in 2007-2009, and Ch.Saikhanbileg, who led the Cabinet in 2014-2016, have thus been put under arrest in the course of the investigation. The individuals are being held at the Pre-trial Detention Center 461, after being arrested on April 10.

Following a request for prosecution by the IAAC, the Ulaanbaatar Prosecutor’s Office filed for continuation of the detention to the corresponding court on April 11.

The IAAC previously arrested former Minister of Finance S.Bayartsogt, former Director of the Mongolian Tax Administration B.Ariunsan and former CEO of Erdenes Tavan Tolgoi LLC B.Byambasaikhan over the same charge, who are now being detained for 30 days pursuant to a court ruling on April 3.
Kh.Aminaa

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