Earlier today (27^th of December) Ts.Amgalanbaatar and two others were sentenced to 24-25 years in prison for murder of S.Zorig, one of the heroes of Mongolia's peaceful transition to democracy. Ts.Amgalanbaatar, T.Chimgee and B.Sodnomdarjaa have been charged with murder. The trial began at the 461st detention center after 18 years or 6642 days since the event.  

On the bench, M.Aldar, B.Munk-Erdene and S.Oyunchimeg have been responsible for judging  the most famous case in the modern history of Mongolia.

On October 2nd 1998, the then Mongolian Minister of Infrastructure S.Zorig was brutally murdered. Various people have been detained in connection with the case, most notably Zorig's wife B.Bulgan; she was released from prison on 9th September after having been held incommunicado since November 2015.