{"id":8333,"date":"2022-08-10T04:00:00","date_gmt":"2022-08-10T04:00:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/onecitizendaily.com\/?p=8333"},"modified":"2022-08-09T19:41:43","modified_gmt":"2022-08-09T19:41:43","slug":"we-didnt-authorize-extrajudicial-killing-in-mayom","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.onecitizendaily.com\/index.php\/2022\/08\/10\/we-didnt-authorize-extrajudicial-killing-in-mayom\/","title":{"rendered":"We didn\u2019t authorize extrajudicial killing in Mayom"},"content":{"rendered":"\n
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South Sudan People\u2019s Defense Force (SSPDF) spokesman, Major General Lul Ruai photo by William M Garang<\/em><\/strong><\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n\n\n

By William Madouk Garang<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n

The South Sudan People\u2019s Defense Forces (SSPDF) leadership on Tuesday distanced itself from the execution of four suspects alleged to be the killers of Mayom County Commissioner, citing that the army\u2019s leadership did not approve the firing squad.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

The SSPDF spokesperson, Major General Lul Ruai Kong said an investigative committee will be formed to carefully probe the incident, and arrest those who masterminded firing squad.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

A video circulating on social media saw, soldiers executing the three via firing squad, while setting Brig. Gen. Gatluak Majiok Liey on fire in a hut to retaliate the killing of Mayom County Commissioner.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

The captured suspects were blindfolded and about a dozen soldiers opened fire on them at the command of perceived senior officers.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

The suspects were reportedly arrested by the Sudanese forces in connection to the recent killing of the Commissioner of Mayom County along with 10 other people including his bodyguards, where the Commissioners\u2019 home was torched.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Addressing the media yesterday, Ruai said they had seen pictures and videos depicting men in uniform firing at alleged Mayom Commissioner\u2019s Killers, adding that the army\u2019s leadership didn\u2019t authorize it.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

\u201cWe saw the graphic images, pictures as well as videos; I also had an opportunity of listening to the audio. This morning the leadership of SSPDF – Chief of Defense Forces, Gen. Santino Deng Wol made it crystal clear what happened in Mayom County \u2013\u201cThose who were executed by firing squad and the person who was allegedly tied up and burnt alive, all the things you have watched did happen without approval or authorization from the leadership of the army,\u201d Ruai clarified.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

The army\u2019s spokesperson described the images and videos floating on the internet as truly heart breaking, inhumane, vowing that as a result no stone will be left unturned to ensure that the culprits were brought to book and convicted in accordance with the law.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

\u201cWe would like to announce to people of South Sudan and the whole world that a full investigation will be carried out \u2013 a thorough investigation will be carried out, and all those who took part in all the processes that led to the execution by firing squad and the alleged burning of another suspect are going to be brought to book,\u201d Gen. Lul asserted.  <\/p>\n\n\n\n

He cited that during the liberation struggle, the SPLA followed international laws especially in handling prisoners of war, adding that what just happened was not their behavior as a national army.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

He recalled that in January 1989, the SPLA forces captured about 500 soldiers from the Sudanese forces including one commander in Nasir battle but they were kept safe and later on released untouched.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Lul also stated that in 1997, after Yei\u2019s fall, a large number of Sudanese army nearly 2,000 of them were arrested but were treated humanely, the wounded ones were given treatment and international board was involved before they were later on released.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

\u201cI cited these examples, to tell you that what happened in Mayom was a serious miscarriage of justice and it must not be condoned, those people behind it must be held accountable,\u201d he affirmed.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

On Monday, the press secretary in the office of Unity State Governor, Mr. Peter Bakuony confirmed that the manhunt was successful and the four suspects were arrested in the process.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

\u201cUltimate victory for capturing the key four criminal commanders belonging to South Sudan People\u2018s Movement\/Army (SSPM\/A)\u2019 who murdered the Commissioner of Mayom County on 22nd July 2022,\u201d read parts of the statement.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

The statement further stated that the arrest of the alleged rebel members allied to Stephen Buay Rolnyang rebel movement was made based on directives of Governor Manytuil to counter insurgency forces at parade in Kai-Kang Military Barracks on 5th<\/sup> August, 2022 along the Sudanese border.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

However, when contacted to comment on the alleged suspects\u2019 execution yesterday, the Governor\u2019s press, Bakuony said they can\u2019t talk on the matter but said SSPDF should be the one now to reply to matter.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

\u201cWe don\u2019t want to be the one explaining this, it has to be the army because this now something that reached killing or execution is no longer jurisdiction as a state government this is now issue of national security. I talk to many media houses this morning and I use to direct them to the national government especially SSPDF, they are the ones now to respond,\u201d he told No.1 Citizen Daily Newspaper via phone call interview.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

By William Madouk Garang The South Sudan People\u2019s Defense Forces (SSPDF) leadership on Tuesday distanced itself from the execution of four suspects alleged to be the killers of Mayom County Commissioner, citing that the army\u2019s leadership did not approve the firing squad. The SSPDF spokesperson, Major General Lul Ruai Kong[Read More…]<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[79],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-8333","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-news"],"jetpack_featured_media_url":"","_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.onecitizendaily.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/8333","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.onecitizendaily.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.onecitizendaily.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.onecitizendaily.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.onecitizendaily.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=8333"}],"version-history":[{"count":2,"href":"https:\/\/www.onecitizendaily.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/8333\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":8337,"href":"https:\/\/www.onecitizendaily.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/8333\/revisions\/8337"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.onecitizendaily.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=8333"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.onecitizendaily.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=8333"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.onecitizendaily.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=8333"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}