The money laundering case related to the former directors of MIAT, Mongolian airlines has sparked debate. Suspects in the case are accused of illegally taking large amounts of money from passengers under the pretense of a War Risk Insurance fee and transferring the money to an unknown company bank account in Japan. The case was first uncovered during an investigation of the company that the illegal money was being transferred to.

The nine suspects who were allegedly involved in the money laundering within five countries are now being detained at 461 detention center.  The Criminal Police Department is in the process of questioning the suspects.

The State Prosecutor General D.Dorligjav gave the following statement:

“This is not a case involving only a few people. We need to investigate more and more state officials, public servants, businesses, companies and senior bank officials who are suspected to be involved in the illegal actions.”

A local newspaper, “Morning” newspaper, cited that it was obvious that the main suspect, Ts.Orkhon, was guilty for money laundering with clear evidence and that the suspect had promised to reveal 20 politicians who were involved in the case if police released his wife from the detention center.

Police have refused to give more details about the investigation and claimed the suspect has not revealed anything of this nature.

The main suspects who have been detained at the detention center for questioning are Ts.Orkhon, B.Bat-Erdene, former CEOs of MIAT, Ch.Suuritogtokh, former head of the Finance Department of MIAT, his brother Ch,Suuritogtokh, N.Gantumur, S.Batkhishig, Ts.Orkhon`s wife Y.Tsetsegmaa and the former director of MIAT B.Erdenebileg and N.Mandakhabayr.