BBC News - Mongolia ex-leader Nambar Enkhbayar condemns trial: "Former president of Mongolia Nambar Enkhbayar has accused the authorities in his country of waging a politically motivated legal campaign against him.
Mr Enkhbayar was arrested in April and is due to stand trial on Monday on charges of corruption and of misusing property and government power.
He says the authorities want to stop him contesting a parliamentary election on 28 June.
The legal proceedings are threatening to overshadow the election.
Mongolia has previously been praised in the West for its transition to democracy."
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