Former Mongolian Prime Minister J.Erdenebat was imprisoned today (16 June) after failed to pay the hefty MNT 10 billion bail issued by the Sukhbaatar District Court of Ulaanbaatar. His trail has been postponed until 22 June, two days before election. This comes after J.Erdenebat dismissed his lawyer. He is accused of abuse of power for illegally owning protected areas with special licenses in Tost, in the Tosonbulba Mountain Range in the South Gobi Province under his name when he was working as Prime Minister.

Mongolian People’s Party’s candidate J.Erdenebat has been nominated as parliamentary election from the Selenge Province. Earlier, some people from Selenge demonstrated outside the court protesting over the imprisonment of J.Erdenebat, saying it was illegal and had been politically motivated.