Jailed Mongolian Ex-Leader Hospitalized on Hunger Strike

Jailed former Mongolian President Nambar Enkhbayar, who plans to run in parliamentary elections in June, is refusing treatment and his organs are failing six days after he began a hunger strike to protest his imprisonment.

Enkhbayar, who previously served as prime minister and then president of one of the world’s fastest growing economies, was taken to a hospital in the capital Ulan Bator yesterday, according to his son Batshugar. He said he saw his father yesterday, that he was “very weak” and had vowed to continue his hunger strike. A spokeswoman for President Tsakhia Elbegdorj declined to comment.