Ulaanbaatar
L.Oyun-Erdene: This is a clear depiction of where the fight for justice halts
Politics
Ulaanbaatar /MONTSAME/. Chairman of the Board of Directors of Trade and Development Bank (TDB) D.Erdenebileg, the bank executive director O.Orkhon and Director of the Mongolian Copper Corporation Ts.Purevtuvshin were detained on March 05 for being accused of money laundering during the purchase of 49 percent shares of the Erdenet Mining Corporation (EMC). However, yesterday on March 6, the Primary Court of Sukhbaatar District ruled to release them and they have been freed. In connection with the release, Head of the Cabinet Secretariat of Government L.Oyun-Erdene and MPs J.Batzandan and L.Bold made a statement today.
“The Government’s
refusal of its preference to buy 49 percent of EMC from the Russian Federation
and transferring it to MCC was suspected of being an act of money laundering
and the three persons were detained. However, yesterday, the Primary Court of
Sukhbaatar District ruled that there is no need to continue to detain them and freed
the suspects. Despite the likelihood of them having committed a crime of money
laundering being 99.99 percent, they have been freed. This is a clear depiction of
where the fight for justice halts,” said Mr.Oyun-Erdene.
He then continued on by saying, “When the case was opened at the National Police Agency, the Prosecutor’s Office of the Capital City continuously disrupted the investigation and defended the suspects and the case used to be halted at the courts. This time, the matter of whether the three suspects should be continued to be detained was first assigned to a judge named Boldbaatar, but shortly, the case was transferred to judge Kh.Ider for the reason that the previous judge became sick, and judge Kh.Ider made the decision to release them. Today, the Prosecutor’s Office of the Capital City will discuss whether to consider the persons as defendants. The citizens of Mongolia as well as the media have been persistently waiting for the decision. I call for the Mongolian parliament to fight similar cases and the MPs to unite.”
MP J.Batzandan highlighted that the President, Speaker and the Prime Minister support the fight for justice for other major cases alongside the 49 percent purchase of EMC.
