Father Who lost His Daughter Speaks Out

On September 3rd a concrete mixer fell on top of a12 year old girl and killed her. This occurred near an unfinished building just to the right of State Hospital III named after Shastin in the Bayangol District.

B.Batsaikhan, the father of the girl held a press conference to talk about the incident.The father wants to have the guilty persons punished and hopes to change the laws governing construction. He spoke to our journalist.

-Can you talk about your daughter? Where did she study?

-My daughter B.Esugen studied in the B class in the eighth grade at Raduga School. She was fond of writing poems and singing songs. Only pictures and memories of her keep me alive. It is difficult to see her mother and sister and we still cannot believe my poor daughter was hit by giant concrete monster machine. There is no end to our regret.

-Who do you think would be responsible for the incident? There are apparently dozens of companies blamed for it.

-There is no responsible in our society. Lack of responsibility in public service took of my daughter`s life. I think all kinds of businesses have gone wrong in Mongolia because of wrong political policy, corruption, and terrible bureaucracy. I really do not know what I should do, but, as a father, I insist that the authorities take care of it. I sent them a letter.

-What did you say in your letter?

I sent a letter to President Ts.Elbegdorj. I thought I should send him one because he is a leader of the people. I insisted authorities put a stop to such an improper construction sector with unauthorized, non-standard buildings that cause damage, injuries, and even death to people. They have to be cancelled. I also sent a letter to Prime Minister N.Altankhuyag, State General Prosecutor D.Dorligjav, the Chief of National Human Rights Commission J.Byambadorj, Ulaanbaatar city mayor E. Bat-Uul, an dthe Chief of National Authority for Children Y. Narantuya.

-Have you seen the reports on the case? Are there any suspects in the case?

-We were told that we can see the reports on the case only after the investigation and are transferring the case to the prosecutor. The concrete mixer`s driver G.Gantumur, manager B.Battulga, and support personnel B.Dashnyam have been questioned due to the violations of occupational safety rules.

Also, we have asked the Bayangol District Police Department to have the executor and sponsor of the building investigated.

-Reports say that you initiated a fund titled “Esugen” for your daughter.

- We cannot let our children die because of anyone`s wrong action and irresponsibility so we are planning to establish a fund and calling for people to join us in protecting our children. However, we have not yet established it officially.

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