Poetess Ts.Khulan was arrested and detained by the General Intelligence Agency of Mongolia at 1:00 am last night on charges under Article 19.4.1 of the Criminal Code. According to sources, she was suspected of crimes against the state in cooperation with foreign intelligence agencies. However, it is not known yet with which foreign special services the poetess worked.

The article 19.4.1 of the Criminal Code provides for the punishment in a form of imprisonment for 8-15 years. It is applied to Mongolian citizens who agreed to cooperate with the intelligence service of a foreign state; theft, collection, storage or transfer of information, documents and items related to state secrets, or transfer for the purpose of extradition to a foreign organization or citizen.

Ts.Khulan was born in 1968 in Ulaanbaatar.  She started her career in 1986 and has twice won the Crystal Cup of poetry competition. Her father D.Tsoodol is also a famous poet. Most recently, Ts.Khulan worked as a staff adviser on cultural and religious policy to ex-president Kh.Battulga.