Last Friday, students of the National University of Mongolia held a demonstration protesting the increase in tuition fees. During the peaceful protest, Ph.D. O.Munkhbat from NUM called his students ‘idiots’ and put his middle finger up at them. The incident of 24 August has sparked a public outrage. According to one source, the NUM Executive Committee is planning to bring him to task regarding moral responsibility.

O.Munkhbat has been working at the University since 1991 as a teacher, then chairman and professor. Recently, he received a doctoral decree from the NUM.