| Hunger Strikers Want Demands Delivered to MPs |
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| By B. Bulgamaa | |
| Monday, 23 October 2006 | |
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At 12pm
Monday hunger strikers who are victims of bankrupt savings and loan credit
unions were expelled from the government house when they tried to hand over
their demands to female parliament members.
Protesters, who said their demands were not being met by government officials, decided to enter the Government house in order to hand over their wills by hand to members of parliament. “The security officers of the government house closed all the doors when we went to enter. We knocked and the eastern door of the government house opened,” Kh. Oyuntsetseg, a hunger striker told MonInfo Monday. “We sat on the floor inside in a line in front of the security. Than the security officers evicted us out of the building.” State Security Guards on the scene had no comment. However, before being evicted the hunger strikers were met by a parliament member who received their documents and agreed to deliver them to other government officials. “I will give your requests and the wills to the states three highest ranking officials,” Member of Parliament T. Gandi told the strikers. However, she scorned one of the striker’s decision to partake in the hunger strike with her two year old son, Gandi told participants and members of the media. J. Khuvaa, another hunger striker, said she was let down by the MP’s lack of enthusiasm for helping the victims, who in total claim over 9,000 people lost approximately US $50 million. Hunger strikers even refused to give health analyses when doctors came to Sukhbaatar square last Friday. “We don’t have the payment for health analyses. It is MNT 7,000 per analysis. Second the doctors said if we didn’t give any health analyses they consider the hunger strike to be illegal. We are demanding our money from government. If we die the government should pay our lives,” Khuvaa said. B. Uranchimeg, the mother of a two year old who has stayed on Sukhbaatar square with the other hunger strikers, said her son is now eating and staying in warm accommodations. “Hunger strikers are helping my son, giving him food three times per day and he is sleeping in a warm place every day. I couldn’t give my son to any organization like an orphanage center, or other relatives.” Moninfo tried to take interview from State Security Agency and Government House Security Board the security officers replied that they have not any right to give any interview without permission from high ranking officer and the high ranking officers also have not in the job place on Monday afternoon. |
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| Last Updated ( Wednesday, 25 October 2006 ) |







