Former Prime Minister S.Bayar, Minister of
Mineral Resources and Energy D.Zorigt, Chairman of the State Property Committee
B.Sugar, Chairman of the Mineral Authority B.Erdenebileg, Director of MIAT
R.Bat-Erdene, and Bayangol district Governor L.Amgalan are among those who have
been sent notice by the Standing Committee on Justice to attend a public
hearing on May 12. Other important officials to have been sent the notice
include S.Tsetsegee, chairman of the Customs Authority of Ulaanbaatar, and
B.Hurts, recently appointed head of administration at the National Security
Council.

While most of them will be asked to reply to
allegations that they submitted false declarations of their income and assets
or did not submit any declaration at all, in breach of law, Sugar and Zorigt
will be questioned on why they took no action against Bat-Erdene and
Erdenebileg respectively for such violation. The committee has collected the
names from the Independent Authority against Corruption (IAAC). The penalty for
incorrect declaration by a public official is dismissal from service.

It is not clear why the committee has
summoned S.Bayar. In any case, he is abroad for medical treatment, and
Ch.Khurelbaatar, head of the Government Office, will represent him. Bayar’s
declaration showed his income increased 20 times in just a year.

This will be the second open parliamentary
hearing. The previous one in December last year, held by the Human Rights
Committee, was on the July 1 incidents. Another hearing scheduled for April 21
on use of firearms during that day’s events was put off by the Speaker after
the Prosecutors’ Office said it would not be able to testify.