The news reported by Transparency International is slightly wrong, the President is trying oust the corrupt head of the anti-corruption agency, not neuter the agency. This misunderstanding would be the result of misinformation by corrupt individuals!
https://www.transparency.org/news/pressrelease/mongolia_anti_corruption_agency_under_threat
The newly elected President of Mongolia is listening to the voices of thousands of Mongolians around the world and has recalled the newly elected ambassador to the UK. Mr S. Bayar should return to Mongolia, to clear up multiple allegations of money laundering and corruption.
The election is here and most people know about the central issue that was avoided by the major politicians. Evidence is there but not officially examined, interim laws were hurridly passed to protect hidden assets. This issue is central because trust is the most important thing. The people need to know that their elected politicians are going to put the interests of the country before their personal interest.
Attempted delivery by hand but nobody home. The above letter was taken to the Mongolian Embassy at 4.40pm on Thursday the 1st June 2017.
Now that the fog of distraction has been dissipated, we can look forward to healthy debates on the issues at hand, such as more than $5 Billion US in off-shore assets, that just popped up like magic mushrooms while no-one was looking, beneficiaries being a few of the Mongolian political elite, who purely by coincidence happened to be responsible for the big money deals that are transforming the country, not for the better. Where did the money go, if not into these bloated accounts? Answers are urgently called for.
On 27 April the UK parliament passed an important provision of the Criminal Finance Bill that introduces a powerful new weapon into the anti-corruption arsenal: Unexplained Wealth Orders. This follows action already taken in Australia and Ireland.
The provision specifically targets red flag situations where a person buying expensive items, like property or jewels, doesn’t appear to be wealthy enough to make the purchase. It could be a politician in Mongolia or a small business owner in Brussels who buys a multi-million pound property in central London. If the person has access to public money, then the authorities have the right to investigate and return the money to the rightful owners.
The law is also tightening on tracking down offshore accounts from persons with unexplained wealth and access to public funds. The onus falls on 20 Mongolian elite families to prove they are not connected to unexplained wealth that is certainly existing, in the form of 15 to 20 Billion US dollars in offshore accounts connected to Mongolia.
Because Mr S. Bayar has chosen to publicly place himself in London, the centre of this new legislation, it is up to him to clear his name first and without delay.
In March 2017, Transparency International research identifiedLondon properties worth a total of £4.2billion (US$5.4 billion) that were bought by individuals with suspicious wealth.
The message for Mongolia is : Protect your democracy now, before it’s too late!!
The messengers are becoming unpopular with the destroyers of that democracy.
It’s natural enough because all their ill-gotten gains are threatened when the Mongolian people WAKE UP!!
The world needs an example of good people who will say no to corruption, bribery and blackmail, making free elections impossible. The Mongolian people ARE good people!
The false allegations being spread about the messengers will only serve to reinforce the message!
Save Mongolian Democracy Now!
Ms Ichko Gombordorj holds some of the petitions which total over 8000 Mongolians who support Mr Bayar to leave the UK as not fit for purpose as ambassador. The main issue of Money Laundering is still pending. 17 to 20 Billion US Dollars unaccounted for off-shore, plus a minimum 10 houses in the USA and suspected multi million pound properties in London quickly bought and sold at a huge loss by Mr Bayar’s daughters. Other enquiries in Mongolia are still pending too.
To try and deflect attention from these main issues, the Mongolian embassy has written an official letter stating that 3 members of the ‘Mongolian Laundry Movement’, dedicated to Spring Clean political corruption are not worthy to speak of such things.
The letter states that because Ms Ichko Gombordorj the founder and Ms Odno Erdene were previously married to British citizens, they have no right to speak about Mongolian affairs. Never mind they are born and bred Mongolian and hold Mongolian passports. This means in effect that any Mongolian around the world, or indeed inside Mongolia, who finds a partner of another race ceases to be a real Mongolian and doesn’t qualify to have an opinion on Mongolia! This is extremely racist, insulting and offensive! Such an outrageous assertion might well fall under the category of ‘hate crime’. Perhaps Mr Bayar doesn’t know that the UK is a real democracy, not a fake one like Mongolia appears to be. In a real democracy, racist defamation is punishable by law.
The third person mentioned in this letter by name as not qualified to talk about Mongolia is myself. The reason given is not that I’m not Mongolian but rather that I am associated with the Unification Movement. Actually, I’m not in that organisation now, since the unity movement I joined became a religion, though I haven’t lost the ideals of peace learned there. Even if I was in it though, what difference would that make to the issues at hand? None at all.
Mr Bayar likes to refer to people who courageously speak out against his autocratic ways and corrupt policies as ‘barking dogs’. This is the contempt he has for his own people.
The truth is, the more he tries to dodge the main issues, the more they will become chains and millstones to drag him down.
S. Bayar spent the last 5 weeks going back and forth from London to Ulaan Baatar to cobble together a law in collusion with all political parties, to protect himself from investigation over off-shore accounts. The new law was ratified last week, shunted to the top of the queue and rubber stamped in a hurry. Is this the normal work of an ambassador?
Obviously there’s another agenda and purpose for his being in the UK. If you think he’s not fit for purpose to represent Mongolia and promote Mongolian, not self interests, the petition below is an opportunity for you to show it, as in any working democracy.
At a recent Chamber of Commerce event, Mongolia being a democracy was mentioned a lot, especially by Mr Bayar. Western investors like to put money into free countries. The proof that it really is will be by getting over 10,000 signatures on the various petitions! Mr Bayar will surely welcome such great evidence of Mongolia’s thriving democracy, to back up his words!
Some people don’t get upset about politicians off-shore accounts..they think there’s nothing wrong with having them..like private bank accounts or something. But the reason they are off-shore is so they can avoid the national laws and keep secret the money that has been stolen from their own country! These people don’t understand the connection between these accounts and the quality of their own lives going down. Why is there no money for public services, schools, roads, fighting pollution, not having to pay bribes, getting hungry children off the streets etc? Where is the money lent by IMF and World Bank to deal with all of that? In politician’s off shore accounts! If a thief steals your car and robs your house, you get angry. This is the exact same thing! It’s YOUR money in those accounts, gathering interest for personal greed, making the fat fatter, while the thin get ever thinner!
https://www.facebook.com/groups/114369737762/permalink/10154725586012763/
This demonstration is about exposing off-shore accounts and shows that the people have reached a tipping point. Unless the recent past is faced up to properly, it’s hard to see a way forward for Mongolia .
I hope you will pardon my frank speaking, it’s out of concern for those homeless children on rubbish tips we spoke of and of course the next generations, who deserve to have something to be proud of about Mongolia, now and into the future.
Yours sincerely,
Peter Graham
World Culture Association
On the 31st March, the largest protest to take place in Mongolia since 2008 happened. Yet the UK Mongolia chamber of commerce daily news reported a few hundred people only. There were in fact 25 to 30,000 people. The AP report was written by someone with an obvious agenda to protect those people being named and shamed at the demo. Most prominent of these is Mr S. Bayar, the Godfather of Mongolian corruption, who has gained 4 years diplomatic immunity from pending investigations by being appointed Ambassador to the UK.
In the meantime, the law makers are busy changing the laws at home to protect his off- shore accounts, opened in the name of his daughters. At least 17 Billion US dollars has been stolen from Mongolian aid and investment money.
Why did the chamber not report the demonstration truthfully?
Because on Wednesday they want to woo British investors at a trade conference. However, these potential investors have a legal right to know the real risks involved. They might not be so keen if they knew large slices of their money will go into fat personal accounts. Maybe some won’t mind that but then they should consider how bad it will be for their business and credibility, when the frustrations and anger of the people is turned on them and their products.
Mr Bayar should go back. With these clouds hanging over him, he is not a fit representative for Mongolia. He says this is all ‘rumour’, ok then, go back and prove it, to the satisfaction of all the people.
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