The Economic Crime Combat Division of the Criminal Police Department has initiated a criminal investigation into the former City authorities over abuse of power, illegal land bargaining, corruption and fraud. The former City authorities, the senior officials of land allocation departments in the City and Districts are suspected of illegal land bargaining, corruption fraud and abuse of power in conspiracy.

A number of senior officials are being questioned as suspects in the case including the former Ulaanbaatar City Mayor G,Munkhbayar, former head of the Ulaanbaatar City Citizens Representatives Khural, T.Bilegt, former deputy head of the Land Affairs Service of Ulaanbaatar city, E.Ariungerel and former head of division of revenue planning and  development, D.Dashdeleg.

The investigation may involve 300 former senior officials of the Land Affairs Service of Ulaanbaatar city and Land Departments in Districts to give explanations and answer questions.

News.mn reported on and revealed facts about the power behind the “throne” of land illegally allocated in the city center with the series of interviews titled “Who is the owner of unknown lands” in 2012.  Since the interview Ulaanbaatar City Mayor E.Bat-Uul publicly announced a list of 145 areas of land that were allocated illegally and cancelled their rights for land ownership and possession.

Now the Economic Crime Combat Division of the Criminal Police Department is investigating these 145 cases of illegal land ownership. The Criminal Police department actually started the investigation in early 2013 but was delayed until the conclusion of the Presidential Election.