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By Matthew Roscoe • Updated: 05 Dec 2022 • 13:54 • <1 minute read
WATCH: Protestors in Mongolia storm Government Palace over coal theft. Image: Wojciech Szewko/Twitter
Multiple videos making the rounds on December 5 reportedly show protestors in Mongolia trying to storm the Government Palace in the capital city of Ulaanbaatar after it apparently revealed the country’s officials who stole $12 billion worth of coal.
Twitter account @Top_Disaster tweeted one angle of the incident alongside the caption: “In the capital of #Mongolia, protesters storm the Government Palace. They are demanding that the authorities punish the people who stole $12 billion worth of coal.”
In the capital of #Mongolia, protesters storm the Government Palace. They are demanding that the authorities punish the people who stole $12 billion worth of coal. TELEGRAM JOIN 👉 https://t.co/anmxTr9HCh pic.twitter.com/dhEMB8PNQF — Disaster News (@Top_Disaster) December 5, 2022
In the capital of #Mongolia, protesters storm the Government Palace. They are demanding that the authorities punish the people who stole $12 billion worth of coal.
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— Disaster News (@Top_Disaster) December 5, 2022
Another angle of the protestors storming the steps of the building was shared by Wojciech Szewko, with the cpation: “Ulaanbaatar. Protesters break into government buildings.”
Ułan Bator. Protestujący wdzierają się do budynków rządowych pic.twitter.com/ujWhz3aP06 — Wojciech Szewko (@wszewko) December 5, 2022
Ułan Bator. Protestujący wdzierają się do budynków rządowych pic.twitter.com/ujWhz3aP06
— Wojciech Szewko (@wszewko) December 5, 2022
Top Ukrainian race driver and prominent reporter of Ukrainian and world events wrote: “Protestors are attempting to breach the Government Palace in the capital city of Ulaanbaatar. It appears the main grievance is corruption.”
🚨#Mongolia: Protestors are attempting to breach the Government Palace in the capital city of Ulaanbaatar. It appears the main grievance is corruption. pic.twitter.com/41dm5ZVIMh — Igor Sushko (@igorsushko) December 5, 2022
🚨#Mongolia: Protestors are attempting to breach the Government Palace in the capital city of Ulaanbaatar. It appears the main grievance is corruption. pic.twitter.com/41dm5ZVIMh
— Igor Sushko (@igorsushko) December 5, 2022
Further reports suggest that the protests were linked to a coal deal between Mongolia and China.
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