Sentence remitted for former chairman of Mineral Resources Authority

The Capital City Court revised the case against D. Batkhuyag, the former chairman of the Mineral Resources Authority and four other offenders, The Capital City Court changed the Primary court decision in the courtroom of detention center 461 of the Court Decision Enforcement General Office on Monday April 15th.

The Court sentenced the former chairman of the Mineral Resources Authority, D.Batkhuyag and T.Davaatsogt each to a four year jail term and Jargalsaikan and Bat-Ireedui each to 3.6 years.

The Court reassured the Primary court decision to cancel the 106 illegal mining licenses issued by D.Batkhuyag through power abuse.

During the three day trail in January, the Primary Court had sentenced 6.6 years to the former chairman of the Mineral Resources Authority, D.Batkhuyag and 6 years to N.Davaatsogt, the former Head of the Office for Geological and Mining Cadastre of the Mineral Resources Authority. Batkhuyag`s friends, Jargalsaikhan and Batireedui, Directors of Zelem LLC, had been sentenced to 5.1 years by the Primary Court.