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EX-MONGOLIAN PRESIDENT JAILED FOR CORRUPTION
PanARMENIAN.Net
August 3, 2012 - 15:42 AMT
PanARMENIAN.Net - Chinese state media say former Mongolian President
Nambar Enkhbayar has been sentenced to four years in jail for
corruption, AP reported.
The official Xinhua News Agency said Friday, August 3 that a court
in Ulan Bator convicted Enkhkbayar after a three-day trial and gave
him a seven-year sentence with three years pardoned.
Xinhua says Enkhbayar accused state prosecutors of twisting facts
and saying the case was politically driven.
Enkhbayar was president from 2005 to 2009, before narrowly losing to
Tsakhia Elbegdorj in the 2009 presidential election.
Enkhbayar was arrested in April by the country's anti-corruption
authority.
Xinhua says the court also ordered the confiscation of 25 million
tugrik ($18,660) worth of property from Enkhbayar.
PanARMENIAN.Net
August 3, 2012 - 15:42 AMT
PanARMENIAN.Net - Chinese state media say former Mongolian President
Nambar Enkhbayar has been sentenced to four years in jail for
corruption, AP reported.
The official Xinhua News Agency said Friday, August 3 that a court
in Ulan Bator convicted Enkhkbayar after a three-day trial and gave
him a seven-year sentence with three years pardoned.
Xinhua says Enkhbayar accused state prosecutors of twisting facts
and saying the case was politically driven.
Enkhbayar was president from 2005 to 2009, before narrowly losing to
Tsakhia Elbegdorj in the 2009 presidential election.
Enkhbayar was arrested in April by the country's anti-corruption
authority.
Xinhua says the court also ordered the confiscation of 25 million
tugrik ($18,660) worth of property from Enkhbayar.