Thousands protest corruption in Mongolia

By Agence France-Presse

Dec 07, 2022 12:11 am

ULAANBAATAR: Thousands of people have braved freezing temperatures in Mongolia's capital to protest alleged corruption in the East Asian country's coal industry and soaring inflation.

Protesters, many of them young people, rallied in Ulaanbaatar's Sukhbaatar Square — home to the Government Palace — at -21 degrees Celsius (-6 degrees Fahrenheit) on Monday, demanding 'justice' against corrupt officials and for the parliament to be dismissed.

YES THEY KHAN People gather to protest alleged corruption in Mongolia’s coal industry and soaring inflation at Sukhbaatar Square in the capital Ulaanbaatar on Monday, Dec. 5, 2022. AFP PHOTO

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