ULAN BATOR, Dec. 26 (Xinhua) -- The Mongolian government decided Wednesday to sack a deputy minister who had criticized the government over a scandal involving financial irregularities.
Deputy Minister of Justice and Home Affairs Battumur Enkhbayar was sacked as he recently urged the government to punish some parliament and cabinet members who allegedly obtained low-interest loans from a government fund for supporting small and medium-sized enterprises.
Reports were made public in late October that some members of the Mongolian parliament and government, as well as other high-ranking officials obtained loans with low interest rates from the fund by abusing their powers. Since then, issues surrounding the fund have become a hot topic in the Asian country.
The country's Food, Agriculture and Light Industry Minister Batjargal Batzorig has been dismissed and Road and Transport Development Minister Yangu Sodbaatar has resigned over the scandal. Enditem
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