Protesters in Mongolia try to storm state palace
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10:17 06 Dec, 2022
Thousands gathered to demand action over the economy and surging inflation amid a simmering corruption scandal
Thousands of people have braved freezing temperatures in Mongolia’s capital to protest against alleged corruption in the country’s coal industry and soaring inflation, with some later attempting to storm government house, Qazet.az reports.
Protesters, many of them young people, rallied in Ulaanbaatar’s central Sukhbaatar Square in -21C (-6F) temperatures on Monday, demanding “justice” against corrupt officials and calling for the country’s parliament to be dismissed.