This follows the outcome of the men's under 55 kilogram semi-final in Incheon, where Tugstsogt Nyambayar lost on points to Ham Sang-Myeong of host nation South Korea, despite appearing to dominate the bout.

Mongolia made a brief sit-in protest and also complained officially at the time, but are now determined to take further action.

"Our national Olympic body has decided to write a protest letter to AIBA (International Boxing Association) explaining the details of the contentious bout," Bat-Erdene said.

"We will also take up the matter at future meetings of the world body and tell them that something is wrong with the rules.

"We were shocked by that decision and made our point very clear.

"Boxing is an important sport for us and so is every medal."

A total of five National Olympic Committees (NOC) registered complaints about the judging to the Olympic Council of Asia (OCA), with the alleged favouritism for South Korean boxers the main grievance.

No further details of these protests have yet been revealed by the OCA, including the identity of the five NOCs, and none will be given until a review into the competition is concluded.

Indian boxer Sarita Devi has apologised for her behaviour during the medal ceremony, when she refused to accept her bronze medal in protest at the judging ©AFP/Getty Images



But the OCA have officially warned Indian boxer Sarita Devi for her conduct after she refused to wear her bronze medal after a similarly controversial defeat to Park Ji-na in the women's under 60kg semi-final.

"As an athlete, she had to respect the referee's decision," OCA President Sheikh Ahmad al-Fahad al-Sabah said.

"She feels sadness because she felt she deserved better, but she also killed the moment for the other athletes.

"I am happy she apologised and this will not happen again."

The incidents mark the latest example in a long list of allegations against boxing judges favouring competitors from host nations in international competitions.

The most infamous example also came on South Korean soil, at Seoul 1988, when Roy Jones Jr  was judged to have lost the light-middleweight final against home fighter Park Si-Hun despite landing 86 punches to Park's 32.

An official International Olympic Committee investigation ending in 1997 found that three of the judges had been entertained by South Korean officials, and the incident led to a new scoring system being implemented.

South Korean Park Si-Hun was adjudged to have beaten American Roy Jones Jr at the 1988 Olympics in at Seoul, a decision considered one of the most controversial in history
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But AIBA have hit out strongly against the latest accusations, with a spokeswoman telling insidethegames that the governing body is "satisfied with all results at [the] Asian Games and respects all decisions made by referees and judges".

"According to AIBA Technical Rules it is only possible to protest against the referee, but not judging," it was added.

"Thus, both protests - Mongolia and India - have been rejected."

On the other hand, Bat-Erdene has encouraged India and other countries to escalate their protests in the same fashion Mongolia plan to do.

"I am happy that India protested and hope that countries who felt the jury was biased during the Asian Games, should also approach the AIBA for this," he said.

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