Mongolia Web News 11.14 Reports of 600 people being held to "sober up" at special assigned locations have appeared on tv and there are now more details on damages. Many cars gotdamaged of destroyed, among them cars of people who were visiting the nearby theater. Eagle TV accepts their station is being shut down. Director Tom Terry menions on his blog: "...Suffice it to say, President Enkhbayar did the right thing by declaring the State of Emergency. I'm not a fan of the idea of shutting down all media (except State TV), in fact, I'm not sure it was 100% necessary. In the U.S. the model is to channel all emergency information through a single master media outlet, with all other outlets slaved to the master outlet to ensure everyone receives the proper information. But, all things considered, what else could the President do? ...." 9.52h 4 people have been reported killed, TV reported. One would have died of smoke poisening. There are reports that 2 police men have been killed in the riots. This is not confirmed by any official source. The main internet hub in Mongolia is located in the Cultural Palace and thus most internet services are down. The national tv is still the only one to broadcast. Prime Minister Bayar and Minister of Home Affairs Monkh-Orgil have been shown at the site to see the state of affairs. The rest of the city seems to have picked up life as normal. Traffic is normal in most parts of the city, but the army has roadblocks and checks people going into certain areas. Mongolia Web News 8.43h The police have arrested hundreds of people, mainly young man. Jargalsaikhan of the republican party was present in the afternoon but later left the protests. The symphony has been luted as well. Instruments were destroyed. Still only national tv is broadcasting, often repeating the regulations of the state of emergency. Footage of the last 24 hours is broadcasted, showing the development of the protests The President orders to take the following measures: 1. To strengthen the security of objects of state significance. 2. Using forces permitted by the law, to break up any kinds of demonstrations and mass activities arranged with infringing the law. 3. To restrict the traffic movement in the central part of the capital and to check motor vehicles. 4. Using forces, to disperse and arrest persons and groups of people who break the public order and arrange actions with use of forces and to examine whether they have arms and technical devices. 5. To impose a curfew from 22.00 p.m. to 08.00 a.m. in the central part of the capital, to check persons breaking it, to arrest individuals having no ID cards with forces of the police or military patrol in the period until the expiring the quarantine or for 72 hours no long until the person will identified. 6. To ban the use of devices intensifying sounds, in case of necessity to seize them and to stop activities of all televisions and radios except the national public television and radio until the expiration of the state of emergency term. 7. To prohibit the sale and distribution of alcoholic beverages. 8. To put control over individuals having firearms and cold steel, over entities and plants using explosives, virulent chemicals, and radioactive substances, and over military arms and techniques used in training. 9. To charge Minister of Justice and Internal Affairs Ts.Monkh-Orgil to organize actions for implementing the decree. Prime Minister Sanjagiin Bayar made a television address during which he insisted the election had been both free and fair. He said the Democratic Party leader, Tsakhia Elbegdorj, "made a false statement and he is misleading people and inciting violence". Mr Elbegdorj earlier said the Democrats had been robbed of victory. "People voted for democracy, ask eight of 10 people and they will say they voted for the Democratic Party," he told reporters. "If most people voted for us why did we lose? We lost because... corrupt people changed the results," Mr Elbegdorj added. www.mongolia-web.com/content/view/1859/2/ |
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