Mongolian official denies taking bribes from Mitsui & Co.

Mongolian official denies taking bribes from Mitsui & Co.

ULAN BATOR, Mongolia - Tsegmid Sukhbaatar, a director general-level official in charge of power and energy management at Mongolia's Infrastructure Ministry, told Kyodo News in Ulan Bator on Aug. 29 he had never received bribes from Japanese trading house Mitsui & Co. in connection with a Japanese government-financed power project. (Kyodo)

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