Jailed Former Mongolian President in Deteriorating Health Condition
The health condition of jailed former Mongolian president Nambar Enkhbayar, who began a hunger strike at 7 a.m. Friday (2300 GMT Thursday), is quickly deteriorating, local media reported Saturday.
His chief doctor Tseden-Ish said that the decision on forced treatment of Enkhbayar was made earlier in the day.
Enkhbayar, held on corruption charges, demanded the dismissal of the chief of the Mongolian Supreme Court and the chief state prosecutor and top officials of the Anti-Corruption Agency, who he considered were appointed illegally.
In his handwritten letter smuggled by his lawyers from the jail, the former Mongolian president said that he was "arrested by an illegal order of the current oligarchy regime.
"The oligarchs, who took power through fraudulent elections... illegally detained me in order to hide their election fraud and weaken my struggle against their activities and for a fair election, the demolition of the oligarchy regime and the establishment of an independent legal and judicial system in Mongolia," he said in the letter.
On April 13, Enkhbayar was arrested on charges of being involved in an illegal privatization deal of a hotel and publishing house and of using TV equipment donated to a Mongolian Buddhist organization to form his own television station.
However, supporters said Enkhbayar, head of the opposition Mongolian People's Revolutionary Party, had been framed by President Tsakhia Elbegdorj for political reasons.
Enkhbayar, being held in a Tuv province jail, faces an extension of his arrest for two more months until June 27, just one day before parliamentary elections.
His chief doctor Tseden-Ish said that the decision on forced treatment of Enkhbayar was made earlier in the day.
Enkhbayar, held on corruption charges, demanded the dismissal of the chief of the Mongolian Supreme Court and the chief state prosecutor and top officials of the Anti-Corruption Agency, who he considered were appointed illegally.
In his handwritten letter smuggled by his lawyers from the jail, the former Mongolian president said that he was "arrested by an illegal order of the current oligarchy regime.
"The oligarchs, who took power through fraudulent elections... illegally detained me in order to hide their election fraud and weaken my struggle against their activities and for a fair election, the demolition of the oligarchy regime and the establishment of an independent legal and judicial system in Mongolia," he said in the letter.
On April 13, Enkhbayar was arrested on charges of being involved in an illegal privatization deal of a hotel and publishing house and of using TV equipment donated to a Mongolian Buddhist organization to form his own television station.
However, supporters said Enkhbayar, head of the opposition Mongolian People's Revolutionary Party, had been framed by President Tsakhia Elbegdorj for political reasons.
Enkhbayar, being held in a Tuv province jail, faces an extension of his arrest for two more months until June 27, just one day before parliamentary elections.
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