Mongolia’s Ex-President Given Four-Year Jail Term in Graft Trial
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Former Mongolian President Nambaryn Enkhbayar was found guilty of graft charges and sentenced to four years in prison, a court spokesman in Mongolia said. He has 14 days to appeal the decision.
The Sukhbaatar district court’s decision, which includes an order to confiscate more than 30 million tugriks ($22,206) of Enkhbayar’s property including apartments, was passed at about 10 p.m. yesterday, Amarsaikhan Tumenzorigt, a spokesman for the General Executive Agency of Court Decision, said today by phone in Ulan Bator, Mongolia’s capital.