Former State Secretary of the Ministry for Industry and Trade, as it was earlier called, D.Surenkhor, was taken into Mongolian custody at Chinggis Khaan Airport on March 13 after being extradited by the Austrian Government who had arrested him on a request from Interpol.

According to the director of the Police Department of the Civil Aviation Authority, D.Sukhbaatar, they had no role in the matter because of its special circumstances. Intelligence officers took charge of Surenkhor and took him to Gantskhudag prison. Surenkhor is accused of embezzling MNT100 million from the state budget. Many had expected him to benefit from President Elbegdorj’s amnesty law.

A letter purported to be from Surenkhor and published in a newspaper before the presidential election gave details of a Swiss bank account where N.Enkhbayar had USD1.3 billion. The letter also said Surenkhor would come to Mongolia to confess to his crime if Elbegdorj won. It will now be investigated if he had really written the letter.