Court sentences Mongolian ex-PM to 6 years imprisonment for abuse of power
Judiciary
A Court in Mongolia’s capital Ulan Bator, sentenced Former Prime Minister Jargaltulga Erdenebat on Monday to six years imprisonment for abuse of power.
A criminal court in the Sukhbaatar district of found him guilty of illegally owning protected areas with special licenses.
The court said that Erdenebat also gave privileges to a mining company by abusing power in his capacity as prime minister.
The 45-year-old served as prime minister of the resource-rich country from 2016 to 2017.
The politician, a member of the ruling Mongolian People’s Party, won a seat in the recent parliamentary elections while he was in custody. (Xinhua/NAN)
– Jul. 6, 2020 @ 11:15 GMT |
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