Election Riots Calm in Mongolia

ANCHOR:
The residents of Ulan Bator in Mongolia woke up to an uneasy calm today after voters claiming electoral fraud attacked the ruling
party's headquarters. The feud has led to the death of at least five yesterday.

STORY:
In the capital of Mongolia more than 300 people have been injured during the riot in protest of the weekend's election. The president has declared a state of emergency for four days, after protesters set fire to the headquarters of the ruling party. They have clashed with police well into the morning.
At least one foreigner, a Japanese citizen, is among those injured in the rioting. Around 700 people were detained for their part in the
violence.
By daybreak there was a heavy police presence around the capital square and the roads around the government building have been sealed off.

Mongolia's election committee has yet to give the final result of Sunday's vote, but preliminary results give the ruling Mongolian
People's Revolutionary Party a clear majority in the 76-seat parliament.

The General Election Committee of Mongolia vowed to press on with vote-counting.
But the leader of the opposition Democratic Party Tsakhiagiin Elbegdorj rejects the results, even though international observers say that overall the election was free and fair.
Some residents in the capital blame the Democrats for the post-election violence.

[Demberal Ninj, Resident]:
"The thing is, it is wrong for the people defeated in an election to take revenge this way, by sacrificing people's lives. It is especially wrong for Mr Elbegdorj who provoked the people to do this while staying away
from it himself."

The chaos threatens to further delay deals that could unlock vast reserves of coal, uranium and other resources beneath the country's vast steppes and deserts, and are seen as key to lifting the isolated Central Asian state out of poverty.

Although ruled by an unstable coalition government for four years, the country of vast grasslands and deserts is often viewed as a rare example of democracy in Central Asia.
The state of emergency means protests are banned and authorises security forces to break up protests using force.

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[tuguldur11]

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[KobeBryant4134]

ELBEGDORJ IS A MUDAFUCKA BITCH ASS NIGGA !!!!!!!!!!

[zcatqwert]

Wow - they must have cleaned this all up so quickly! WE arrived only a week after the protest and the only evidence left was the burnt-out building!

[EuroNazionalist]

NDTV is paid by CIA.

Everybody knows it.

[tulgatul]

Elbegdorj is the democratic hero who brought democracy peacefully. He is the only protector of the nation.

[Nb9909]

My mongolia forever.

[hollywoodzengirl]

i think most CHinese and the CCP desire to assimilate Mongolia as theirs...like Tibet...when Mongolia has a great history of their own...

[MongolUtuber]

muu 7 1

[dukeassa]

fuck this guy interviewed. Elbegdorj wasn't provoking but asking people to go home and watch tv. put something that's reliable

[screwed449]

1:26 oh wow! what a barbarian! :)