General D.Murun Says Mongolian Police Helped Chinese

Our newspaper (Zuunii Medee) reported on the case of Batzangaa, a citizen of China, who was arrested by four Chinese and ten Mongolian policemen in front of the United Nations Refugee Agency office building in the capital Ulaanbaatar.

The Chinese authorities claim that “Batzangaa was arrested because he fled China without returning a large amount of a loan that he borrowed from the local government while he established a Mongol-Tibet school in Ordos Banner (correction: should be League---SMHRIC) of Inner

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UNHCR Employee Admits Ulaanbaatar Office's Role in the Arrest and Deportation of an Asylum Applicant, Deportee Suggests UNHCR Provided Asylum Seeker's Information to the Chinese Government

Anaraa Nyamdorj, an employee of the United Nations High Commissioner for Refugees (UNHCR) at the Ulaanbaatar Liaison Office in Mongolia, stated in her personal blog that the UNHCR Regional Office instructed her to disclose personal information about Batzangaa (written Batuzhangga on his Chinese passport), an asylum applicant with UNHCR, to the Mongolian police.(http://anaraa-nyamdorj.blogspot.com/2011/04/its-official.html)

In her personal blog article entitled “Bi” (means “I”) in Cyrillic Mongolian, Anaraa Nyamdorj also revealed that the UNHCR Regional Office instructed her to let Batzangaa meet with Chinese and Mongolian police agents. “As instructed, I called Batzangaa [to my office], and orally presented the negative decision to him,” Anaraa wrote on her blog.

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Interview with Batzangaa: Striking Details on How Mongolia and China Cooperate to Deport a Southern (Inner) Mongolian Exile Back to China

The following is an English transcript of the Southern Mongolian Human Rights Information Center (SMHRIC) interview with Mr. Batzangaa, a Southern Mongolian exile and a UN asylum applicant who was deported back to China in a joint operation carried out by the governments of Mongolia and China. Batzangaa was sentenced to three years in jail with four years reprieve on January 27, 2011. During this an hour-long interview Batzangaa revealed striking details about how China and Mongolia worked together to deport him forcefully back to China:

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Principal of Mongol-Tibetan Medical School Arrested in Mongolia by Chinese Police

Batzangaa, a Southern (Inner) Mongolian exile and the Principal of the Ordos Mongol-Tibetan Medical School, was arrested at the front entrance of the United Nations Refugee Agency office building in Ulaanbaatar, capital of the independent country of Mongolia on October 3, 2009 while seeking United Nations political refugee status. Four Chinese policemen sent from China accompanied by more than 10 Mongolian policemen carried out the arrest. Batzangaa’s wife Ms.Bayanhuaar and their 9-year old daughter were also arrested in Ulaanbaatar.

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Deported United Nations Refugee Applicant Batzangaa Tried in China

Mr. Batzangaa, a native of Southern (Inner) Mongolia and the former principal of the Ordos Mongol-Tibetan Medical School, was tried by the Ordos Municipality Dongsheng District People’s Court, Inner Mongolia Autonomous Region (IMAR), China, on January 15, 2011, under the charge of “crime of diverting a special fund”.

On October 3, 2009, Batzangaa was arrested at the front entrance of the United Nations Refugee Agency office building in Ulaanbaatar, capital of the independent country of Mongolia while seeking United Nations political refugee status. Batzangaa’s wife Ms. Bayanhuaar and their 9-year old daughter Chilguun were also arrested in Ulaanbaatar

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Open Letter to Ts. Elbegdorj, President of Mongolia

On October 3, 2009, Harnuud Halzadiin Batzangaa, an asylum seeker in Mongolia, a native of Otog Front Banner of Southern (Inner) Mongolia, a resident of Ikh Zuu League Ordos Municipality, ethnic Mongolian, and the Principal of the Ordos Mongol-Tibetan Medical School, was arrested at the front entrance to the United Nations Refugee Agency Office building. Along with his wife and 9 year old daughter, he was deported back to China by airplane on the following day. Currently his situation and whereabouts remain unknown.
This arrest made by the police and State Security personnel of the People’s Republic of China with the cooperation of Mongolian police is a clear violation of the Constitution and other relevant laws and regulations of Mongolia. It is also a flagrant violation of international

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Batzangaa, a UN Refugee Status Applicant, Sentenced to 3-year Jail Term in China

Mr. Batzangaa (Ba Tu Zhang Ga in Chinese), 38, the former principal of the Ordos Mongol-Tibetan Medical School, was sentenced to 3 years in jail with 4 years reprieve, on January 27, 2011, by the Dongsheng District People’s Court, Ordos Municipality, Inner Mongolia Autonomous Region (IMAR), for the charge of “diverting a special fund”. Batzangaa pleaded not guilty at the trial which took place 8 days before the court judgment was pronounced. Batzangaa’s attorney, Mr. Huhbulag, is preparing an appeal to the Ordos Municipality People’s Court. Currently Batzangaa is free on bail.

On October 3, 2009, Batzangaa was arrested at the front entrance of the United Nations Refugee Agency office building in Ulaanbaatar, capital of the independent country of Mongolia while seeking United Nations political refugee status. Batzangaa’s wife Ms. Bayanhuaar and their 9-year old daughter Chilguun were also arrested in

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