MONGOLIA: Print journalist was threatened
2006/08/01
Country / Topic: Mongolia
Date: 29 June 2006
Source: Globe International NGO
Person: S.Enkhtuul
Type of violation: Threat
Female journalist S.Enkhtuul for the national newspaper Udriin sonin (Daily news) has been threatened for her published serial articles relating to sensational bankruptsy of some private savings and credits associations. On 13 June 2006, after her published article entitled “Are the bankprupted financial associations guiding police to a mafia network ? ”she was called for the meeting by Mr. B.Tamir, whose name mentioned in the article at her office. B.Tamir together with two young men has invited her to sit in their car and moreover asked her to publish an immediate correction. Journalist refused to sit in a stranger’s car. Furthermore she told them that, a published article was a result of her considerable investigative work. According to journalist Enkhtuul, they said that, “ If you do not rectify your mistake immediately, we’ll solve this problem by own way”.
Date: 29 June 2006
Source: Globe International NGO
Person: S.Enkhtuul
Type of violation: Threat
Female journalist S.Enkhtuul for the national newspaper Udriin sonin (Daily news) has been threatened for her published serial articles relating to sensational bankruptsy of some private savings and credits associations. On 13 June 2006, after her published article entitled “Are the bankprupted financial associations guiding police to a mafia network ? ”she was called for the meeting by Mr. B.Tamir, whose name mentioned in the article at her office. B.Tamir together with two young men has invited her to sit in their car and moreover asked her to publish an immediate correction. Journalist refused to sit in a stranger’s car. Furthermore she told them that, a published article was a result of her considerable investigative work. According to journalist Enkhtuul, they said that, “ If you do not rectify your mistake immediately, we’ll solve this problem by own way”.
Since then a someone had started to call her mobile phone and threatening ”We have been watching you. The article you published on us was based on false information. When will be published your next article ” and along with this threat calls she felt that, a someone regularly followed her.
According to Globe International’s lawyer and monitor, who had meeting with the journalist “The executives of the Udriin sonin (Daily news) had helped to change her cell phone number and informed the Police Department of the Sukhbaatar district of the capital, Ulaan Baatar. The Police Department had provided a police guard to the journalist on newspaper editorship’s request”.
Two days later of this, the chairman of the Goverment’s Financial regulatory committee who had closely examined all issues relating to private savings and credit associations was murdered in the office on 15 June 2006. According to the media, the killer was the owner of the private saving and credit association which is in the severe financial trouble.
Two days later of this, the chairman of the Goverment’s Financial regulatory committee who had closely examined all issues relating to private savings and credit associations was murdered in the office on 15 June 2006. According to the media, the killer was the owner of the private saving and credit association which is in the severe financial trouble.
Thus, the Police Department filed a criminal suit against Mr. B. Tamir who threatened the journalist to publish a correction on her published article.
To date the police investigation have not reached any conclusion and a case is still pending.
To date the police investigation have not reached any conclusion and a case is still pending.