The Mongolian government has banned all government employees from playing casino games, or staying in gambling-related premises both home and abroad, China’s Xinhua news agency reports.
"No government official is allowed to gamble," Luvsannamsrai Oyun-Erdene, head of the cabinet secretariat, was cited as saying at a press conference.
Reports have been made public in recent years that Mongolian civil servants, especially high-ranking officials of state-owned companies, have played in casinos in foreign countries, Oyun-Erdene said.
Anyone found violating the ban will be fired.
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