Relatives protest prolonged detention of former Rumbek commissioner
May 3, 2016 (RUMBEK) – A family member of the former commissioner of Rumbek Central County Matur Majok Magol is protesting the prolong detention without charges.
Rol said that Magol was taken to Malou military barracks and all his telephone was confiscated and no clear information being provided by state government with regard to his detention.
However, Western Lakes State Minister of Information and Communication Daniel Dut Makuet have denied the arrest of former commissioner of Rumbek Central County, saying that Magol is kept in Panda Hotel as part of precautionary measures because his relatives were suspected to be involved in revenge killings inside Rumbek Central County in March.
“ Matur Majok was not arrested, his relative got involved in march clashes . The security organs were trying to follow up the accused () But Matur was not arrested. He was taken to Panda Hotel to protect him from revenge.”
Meanwhile, former commissioner spouse Mary Rol Ater said Panda Hotel is turned into military secret prison since the time of former governor Matur Chut Dhuol.
She further stressed that he is in jail at that hotel since last March.
The former commissioner was reportedly arrested following inter-communal clashes in March 3, 2016.
(ST)