Overview

• AN lawmakers said two Anti‑Corruption Agency investigators entered and filmed inside MP S. Ganbaatar’s office around 15:30, prompting their request to halt the 2026 budget debate.
• Parliament’s leadership granted the AN group a suspension of up to three working days while the issue is reviewed.
• Ulaanbaatar officials detailed winter measures tying household fuel purchases to the HOTULA mobile app’s virtual cards, which activate after CO sensors are installed and connected.
• The city will monitor sensor connectivity, issue warnings to inactive households, and ultimately block fuel sales for continued noncompliance; 112,000 remote CO sensors are installed with a further 45,000 to be procured.
• For the 2025–2026 heating season the city plans about 340,000 tonnes of midling and imported half‑coke briquettes through 400 outlets, aims to insulate 51,080 homes next year, and faces scrutiny over sensor and fuel procurements; separately, E. Temuulen and L. Altan‑Ochir were released from detention under travel and contact restrictions.