Police stand guard next to a burnt car
near the headquarters of the ruling Mongolian People's Revolutionary Party
(MPRP) after the building was burnt in Ulan Bator, Mongolia, July 2, 2008.
Mongolian President Nambariin Enkhbayar declared a four-day state of
emergency in the capital late Tuesday amid violent protests over alleged
fraud in the weekend parliamentary elections, state television reported.
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ULAN BATOR, July 2 (Xinhua) -- Mongolian President
Nambariin Enkhbayar declared a four-day state of emergency in the capital late
Tuesday amid violent protests over alleged fraud in the weekend parliamentary
elections, state television reported.
The state of emergency came into effect at 11:30 p.m.
(1530 GMT) Tuesday. A curfew from 10 p.m. to 8 a.m. was also imposed, a
presidential decree read out on television said.
The decree allows police to use force against angry
protesters who stormed the headquarters of the ruling Mongolian People's
Revolutionary Party (MPRP) and set it on fire.
The decree also banned public gatherings and
independent media broadcasts.
By far, four people have been killed in clashes
between the protesters and police and about 100 others have been injured. The
building of the MPRP headquarters have been destroyed, reports said.
The army has moved into a square in the center of
Ulan Bator to boost security and the police have cordoned off the capital's
downtown, witnesses said.
The declaration of emergency came after thousands of
people took to the streets of the capital Tuesday to vent their outrage at
alleged rigging in Sunday's parliamentary elections.
Electoral authorities are yet to release the final
results of the vote, but local media reported that the MPRP won more than half
the seats in the 76-seat parliament, or Great Hural.
Earlier on Tuesday, the Mongolian Democratic Party,
which reportedly won more than 20 seats in parliament, called for a recount of
ballots.
Parliamentary elections are held every four years in
Mongolia.
ULAN BATOR, July 2 (Xinhua) -- Five people were killed and more than 300 others injured in riots in Mongolia's capital which broke out over alleged election fraud, Justice Minister Tsend Monkhorgil said Wednesday.
The riots were now under control, Monkhorgil told a press conference. Full story
ULAN BATOR, July 1 (Xinhua) -- At least 40 people were
injured when protesters clashed with police in Mongolia's capital Ulan Bator on
Tuesday, protesting alleged fraud in last weekend's parliamentary election.
Some 1,000 people, who said there were fraudulent
practices in the ballot counting of Sunday's vote, took to the streets to stage
a protest. Full story
