“Video of Mongolian Minister setting himself ablaze in a press meet after he failed to keep his promise to build one lakh units of low-income houses”
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Claim dated 22 Feb 2022.
FACTLY rated thisFALSE
What FACTLY found
he person who set himself ablaze in the video is a Mongolian coal mine union leader, not the Mongolian Minister of Public works. Protesting the sale of Mongolia’s coal mines to China, the union leader had set himself on fire in a press meet. This incident took place in November 2015
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In short
This claim spread on social media around 22 February 2022. FACTLY (India) looked into it and published its finding on 22 February 2022. Its rating was “FALSE”.
Where the claim appeared
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