North Sudan army arrest two NGO staffs and four civil servants in oil rich Heglig Article Comments (6) Email PrintSave --------------------------------------------------------------------------------
By Bonifacio Taban Kuich June 21, 2011 (BENTIU) - Militarily intelligence officers from North Sudan’s army (SAF) arrested six southern Sudanese at Heglig oil field on Monday according to a spokesperson for Unity State in South Sudan. Heglig, situated in South Kordofan, is Sudan’s biggest known oil field and will remain in the North Sudan after South Sudan secedes 9 July. The South will take with it around 75 percent of Sudan’s oil wealth. Unity State’s minister of information and communication Gideon Gatpan Thoar told Sudan Tribune on Tuesday that the six men were being detained at an undisclosed location in solitary confinement. Thoar added that three cars belong to the Unity State government are seized and right now being used by SAF in area. Two of the arrested were officials form Concord International; James Matut a field extension officer and James Ayual technician officer. The other four were Unity State officials; Stephen John Chuol from the state’s ministry of health; Ramadan Kuol Machar a driver for the state ministry of public service; Kuol Gadein driver for the State Legislative Assembly and Adam Ahmed Madibo driver the state ministry of finance. Thoar said, since the arrest yesterday their families and relatives have been denied visitation and all forms of communication. He claimed they had been mistreated and tortured. The minister also said they were suffering from life threatening diseases and are currently without medication. He said their detention was unlawful and an abuse of their human rights. He said the Unity State government the Sudan Armed Forces and Sudan’s ruling National Congress Party solely responsible for the lives and safety of the arrested citizens and called for their immediate release. (ST) -- You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "JFD info" group. To post to this group, send email to [email protected]. To unsubscribe from this group, send email to [email protected]. For more options, visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/jfdinfo?hl=en.
