G. Zandanshatar's lawyers say they will ask anti-corruption agency to examine five officials

Lawyers for former Prime Minister G. Zandanshatar told reporters today (October 19) that they are asking the Independent Authority Against Corruption (IAAC) and law-enforcement bodies to examine five officials who, they say, have damaged his reputation. UBN.mn, Elch.mn and Newsroom.mn reported the statements.

The five people named

According to UBN.mn, lawyer B. Enkh-Erdene is seeking an investigation of former Speaker of Parliament D. Amarbayasgalan, former Deputy Prime Minister S. Amarsaikhan and MPs E. Bolormaa, P. Sainzorig and Kh. Bulgantuya. He said they had linked Zandanshatar, without evidence, to corruption, abuse of office and a drug network, as well as to the Salkhit silver deposit and the Avdrant deposit in Tuv aimag. According to Newsroom.mn, the lawyer says they used information obtained through their official positions to attack other people's honour, and he is filing a formal complaint with the IAAC.

The lawyers' account of the deposits

Lawyer P. Undrakh-Erdene said S. Amarsaikhan's claim, made from the government's "Töriin Inder" platform, that he had stopped Zandanshatar and A. Namsamand from taking mines for personal use does not match the facts. In the lawyer's account, Zandanshatar as Prime Minister had raised the idea of returning idle deposits such as Nuurstiin Am and Avdrant Khairkhan to state control and putting them back into use. Following his instructions, A. Namsamand, head of the Court Decision Enforcement Agency, sent an official letter on July 20, 2026 to S. Amarsaikhan, then Minister of Justice and Home Affairs.

B. Enkh-Erdene told UBN.mn: "While serving as Prime Minister, G. Zandanshatar raised the issue of studying whether some deposits that had been in use but had stopped operating could be taken under state control and used again. In this context, an official letter and a 143-page briefing were sent to the relevant people. Presenting this as an attempt to use the deposit for personal gain gave a distorted picture of the actual situation."

Note

Everything in this report is the account of G. Zandanshatar's lawyers. The positions of the officials named could not be included. It is not yet known whether the relevant agencies will accept and examine the complaint, or what they will decide.

Sources: UBN.mn, Elch.mn, Newsroom.mn