Mongolian president declares state of emergency
Mongolian President Nambariin Enkhbayar late today declared a four-day state of emergency amid violent protests in the capital over alleged rigged elections, according to national television.
“From 11:30 pm (2100 IST) today there will be a four-day state of emergency,” the announcement said. It added that there would be a 10:00 pm curfew and anyone on the streets after that time without documentation would be arrested.
No public gatherings were allowed and any such gatherings would be broken up, according to the TV announcement, which listed ten proclamations, including a ban on media except for Mongolian national TV and state media organisations.
The announcement also said state buildings must be protected and more security was needed.
Thousands of people were involved in the protests in Ulan Bator today, voicing outrage over what they claimed were rigged elections, forcing police to fire gunshots, witnesses said.
The headquarters of the former communist Mongolian People’s Revolutionary Party in the centre of the capital was set alight and looted, according to an AFP reporter and other
witnesses on the scene.
The roughly 6,000 protesters from the rival Democratic Party, which claims the MPRP bought votes and used other tactics to win Sunday’s election, threw rocks at firefighters who arrived to put out the blaze.
Source: http://www.timesnow.tv/Newsdtls.aspx?NewsID=10825
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Where can i find up-to-date reports and discussions of the situation? Are there any websites where people discuss and comment (in english) on what’s happening in Ulan Bator?
Thanks