PARENT DENIES FORCING DAUGHTER MARRIAGE Thursday, 30 May 2013 14:40 | A parent denied allegations of forcing his underage daughter to marry a soldier in Wulu County calling it propaganda.
Mudir John Marktap told Good News Radio on Thursday that the story ran by Sudan Tribune that his daughter Rebecca Atong Madang was forced to marry a soldier was false. He said his daughter is matured and has already a child outside marriage. Mr John added that arrangements preceding her marriage were lawful and followed traditional practices. He appealed to media practitioners to distance themselves from family matters. Mr John revealed that the Atong’s marriage was misinterpreted due to ongoing disagreements between the parents of the girl that resulted in a court case. He said the police only collected Atong from school to give her testimony to court since she was the centre of the problem. Atong confirmed over the phone from Wulu County that she was harassed, beaten and forced to marry the soldier. She said her uncles also beat the mother for resisting the marriage. Ms Atong said she did not want to marry a soldier. She added that Mr John will never tell the truth because he does not want to lower his dignity. On Thursday, Sudan Tribune reported that Lakes State Police forced an underage girl from classroom to marry a soldi -- You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "South Sudan Info - The Kob" group. To unsubscribe from this group and stop receiving emails from it, send an email to [email protected]. To post to this group, send email to [email protected]. To view this discussion on the web visit https://groups.google.com/d/msgid/SouthSudanKob/CAJb14orBy-vMy5Ka_uG%3Du2Pw%2BTQVpmi%3DgRA45_9FiojCC7m4vg%40mail.gmail.com?hl=en-US. For more options, visit https://groups.google.com/groups/opt_out.
