Ye.Sagsai: Police managing officials will be investigated further
Additional investigation into the events of July 1, 2008 has been completed and the case has been forwarded to the Ulaanbaatar Prosecutors’ Office (UPO) by order of the State General Prosecutor. Our correspondent spoke about the case with Ye.Sagsai, the deputy head of the UPO.
Q: Could you explain why a lawyer for Ch.Amarbold, the former head of the Metropolitan Police Authority, asked the UPO to examine the policeman’s diary and cartridge casings that MP Kh.Temuujin has displayed?
A: The Investigation Department of the UPO has been looking into the events of July 1, 2008 since that very day. There are altogether more than 30 files on the matter and investigators are checking evidence from all sides. Items submitted as evidence will be evaluated by defense lawyers, prosecutors, and judges.
Q: Police managing officials have been charged under a provision of the Criminal Law that concerns abuse of power and causing great damage. But their convictions were based on another provision of the Criminal Law. Can you explain that?
A: Police managing officials have been charged with abuse of power and causing great damage while Ch.Amarbold’s case was based on a provision of the Criminal Law dealing with military officials. Besides, the Criminal Law instructs that if two or more people from a legal body commit a crime, it will be considered an organized crime. That deals with the cases of four other police managing officials.
Q: Ts.Enkhbayar, the father of a victim on July 1, 2008, said that investigations concerning police managing officials have been suspended. Will these be continued in the future?
A: Matters involving police managing officials have been suspended under a Criminal Law provision. But suspension does not mean forgetting, and further investigations will be conducted.
Q: There is information that police managing officials did not submit their files in a timely manner. What about that?
A: Investigators should demand files in a timely manner. Some files weren’t submitted until more than a year after July 1, 2008. There have been 27 files introduced. Also investigators of the State Prosecutors’ General Office held the files for a period of time before forwarding then to the UPO. There was not a legal violation.
Q: Could you explain why a lawyer for Ch.Amarbold, the former head of the Metropolitan Police Authority, asked the UPO to examine the policeman’s diary and cartridge casings that MP Kh.Temuujin has displayed?
A: The Investigation Department of the UPO has been looking into the events of July 1, 2008 since that very day. There are altogether more than 30 files on the matter and investigators are checking evidence from all sides. Items submitted as evidence will be evaluated by defense lawyers, prosecutors, and judges.
Q: Police managing officials have been charged under a provision of the Criminal Law that concerns abuse of power and causing great damage. But their convictions were based on another provision of the Criminal Law. Can you explain that?
A: Police managing officials have been charged with abuse of power and causing great damage while Ch.Amarbold’s case was based on a provision of the Criminal Law dealing with military officials. Besides, the Criminal Law instructs that if two or more people from a legal body commit a crime, it will be considered an organized crime. That deals with the cases of four other police managing officials.
Q: Ts.Enkhbayar, the father of a victim on July 1, 2008, said that investigations concerning police managing officials have been suspended. Will these be continued in the future?
A: Matters involving police managing officials have been suspended under a Criminal Law provision. But suspension does not mean forgetting, and further investigations will be conducted.
Q: There is information that police managing officials did not submit their files in a timely manner. What about that?
A: Investigators should demand files in a timely manner. Some files weren’t submitted until more than a year after July 1, 2008. There have been 27 files introduced. Also investigators of the State Prosecutors’ General Office held the files for a period of time before forwarding then to the UPO. There was not a legal violation.
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