Mongolia to Put Ex-Officials on Trial
Reuters
ULAN BATOR, Mongolia —
The Mongolian government will try a Stalinist ex-prime minister, an ex-president and 10 other former leaders for corruption, a government spokesman said Friday.
No court date has been announced for the 12 Communist hard-liners who once ran Mongolia.
Among them are former Prime Minister Sodnom former President Jambyn Batmonh, who left office in March, 1990.
They are charged with misappropriation of millions of dollars in state funds.
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