Source: Xinhua                          Date: 29 September, 2011

The Mongolian security official who was extradited to Germany from Britain has been released and arrived back in Mongolia. National Security Council head Bat Khurts was arrested under the suspicion of kidnapping D. Enkhbat, a Mongolian refugee in Europe in 2003, to return him to Mongolia.Khurts arrived in Ulaanbaatar from a Mongolian national carrier flight from Seoul, Korea on Tuesday afternoon. He was greeted by his family and Vice Foreign Minister B. Bolor.“I was freed from a German prison on 22 September and the next day I flew to South Korea,” said Khurts. “I was in South Korea for medical checks and today, I have flown to Ulaanbaatar with my family.”The Mongolian government said he was on a “special mission to meet with British officials and discuss bilateral cooperation on security issues.”Britain extradited Khurts to Germany on 19 August. Enkhbat's children's filed charges against Khurts, claiming their father's death was a result of the harsh treatment he received in Mongolian prison and the violence against him from special agents led by Khurts. Details of Khurts' release from the German prison were not disclosed by Mongolian officials.Enkhbat was under suspicion for the murder of a Mongolian S. Zorig, but never confessed to the crime. Zorig, remembered for his stance against corruption, was murdered just as he was expected to be appointed prime minister.