AFP: Australian lawyer caught up in Mongolia graft probe: "SYDNEY — An Australian lawyer working for a mining company in Mongolia has been stopped from leaving the country, Foreign Minister Bob Carr said Wednesday, as authorities probe a case of alleged corruption.
Sarah Armstrong, the 32-year-old chief legal counsel to Rio Tinto subsidiary SouthGobi Resources, was unable to board a flight from the capital Ulan Bator to Hong Kong, reports said.
"I understand an Australian woman who works for a company in Mongolia has found that she's prevented from leaving the country," Foreign Minister Bob Carr told ABC Radio.
"She hasn't been detained, hasn't been arrested. Her passport hasn't been taken from her. But the authorities in Ulan Bator are seeking to interview her further."
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