S.KOREA DENIES REPORT ON FORMER PRESIDENT'S EXILE

Ulaanbaatar /MONTSAME/ The government of the Republic of Korea denied a news report on Monday about a former Mongolian president's seeking political refugee status in S.Korea. It was published the same day on the koreatimes.co.kr website. "We have not received any requests from Nambaryn Ennkhbayar seeking asylum here," a Korea Immigration Service (KIS) official said on condition of anonymity. Ennkhbayar, 56, was convicted of corruption by Ulaanbaatar's highest court in 2012 after serving his four-year presidential term from June 2005 to June 2009. "Seoul's immigration office added that Ennkhbayar has been living in Korea since August of last year after the Mongolian leader granted him a pardon. "Our records show he arrived in Korea at that time and has also traveled abroad back and forth since then, a refugee section of the KIS said. "We cannot confirm whether he has visited Mongolia or not after staying here. We also cannot reveal whether his family is with him in Korea."