New Delhi, Oct. 19 -- A vehicle in a convoy caught fire inside Mongolia's Numrug Strictly Protected Area on October 8, and ten days on, the country is still working out who answers for what followed. Xinhua reported on Sunday that public anger is mounting and that the justice minister has promised compensation claims.

it says its team was doing telecommunications work in the area. Eguur News, a Mongolian digital outlet cited by Xinhua, reports the group meant to catch Hucho taimen, a critically endangered fish on Mongolia's red list, and local media told Xinhua the group had entered the reserve for "wild hunting."

Justice and Internal Affairs Minister Temuulen Ganzorig said the personnel involved, and people from border-port administrat...