Parole has been granted to one of the senior police officers, former chairman of the Metropolitan Police Authority, O.Zorigt, who was sentenced for abuse of power and for giving the order to fire during the July 1st incidents in 2008. O.Zorigt was given a 2.6 year jail term.

A confirmed source reports that former chairman of the Metropolitan Police Authority O.Zorigt was released from prison on jail accreditation as he had served two thirds of his term in jail since October 17th, 2012 with no record of discipline violations.

Following a months long review of the role of senior police officials in the five deaths of July 1st 2008,  Major General Ch.Amarbold and Colonel Sh.Batsukh recieved six and a half year sentence, O.Zorigt a 5.6 year sentence and Lieutenant Colonel G.Ganbaatar a two-year sentence. After reconsidering their sentences in accordance with the law of mercy, the sentences of Ch.Amarbold and Sh.Batsukh were changed to three and a half years imprisonment, the sentence of O.Zorigt was reduced to 2.6 years and G.Ganbaatar was put on probation.