78 people, including one minister and five Mongolian deputies, are accused in the case of stealing coal from the Mongolian state company Erdenes Tavşan-Tolgoi. writes about it TASS.
The report states, “They were accused of various substances in the coal theft incident.”
It is reported that 42 people accused are civil servants. Among the defendants is Timurbaataryn Ayursaikhan, Mongolian Minister of Labor and Social Protection, who resigned on 7 February but whose resignation has not yet been confirmed.
Formerly in the Presidential Administration of Mongolia reportedPresident Ukhnaagiin Khurelsukh has nothing to do with the coal-stealing scandal that sparked mass protests across the country. As stated in the apartment, the head of state will not stop fighting against those responsible for theft and corruption in the republic as a whole. At the same time, the Hurelsukh administration stressed that they have requested the relevant departments to examine the materials allegedly implicated by the president in the scandal.