Youth rally for PM to step down over graft


Same tune: People singing during a protest calling for the resignation of Oyun-Erdene over alleged economic mismanagement and corruption involving his family, at Sukhbaatar Square in Ulaanbaatar. — AFP

Hundreds of youth turned out this week in the country’s capital calling for the prime minister’s resignation on allegations of corruption, a longstanding source of deep public anger in the landlocked democracy.

Mongolia has for decades struggled with endemic graft and the widespread view that the proceeds of a coal mining boom are being hoarded by a wealthy elite has sparked frequent protests and unrest.

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