National Security Custodians Fairer Than CID's: Former Inmate Authorities of Lakes state have been holding five influential youth members in the National Security Service (NSS) custody for two weeks since January 20. 01 February 2014
By Gabriel Mayom *RUMBEK, February 01, 2014 (Gurtong) - *The five youth arrested include, Rolando Kau Maker, Monyde Manyang, Meen Matur, Marier Mabany, Johnson Madol Andrew and Macieth Makur. They were allegedly arrested on the orders of the State military caretaker Governor Maj-Gen Matur Chut Dhuol but he denies. A Criminal Investigation Department (CID) officer however said the arrest of the youth was under the instruction of the of the state governor One of the detainees spoke to press on Friday, saying they were not given any bedding. "There was good cooperation between us and NSS prison officers. They treated us better than when we were under the custody of the CID for 24 hours before our transfer to NSS," he said. "Our families were allowed to visit us as well as friends." The reason for their detention remains unclear as they were later released without any charges. The governor accuses those against him of being supporters of former Vice President Riek Machar. Posted in: Home<http://www.gurtong.net/ECM/Editorial/tabid/124/ctl/CategoryView/mid/519/categoryId/1/Home.aspx> , Governance<http://www.gurtong.net/ECM/Editorial/tabid/124/ctl/CategoryView/mid/519/categoryId/6/Governance.aspx> -- 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]. Visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/SouthSudanKob. To view this discussion on the web visit https://groups.google.com/d/msgid/SouthSudanKob/CAJb14oqUkWBH7GYAfkqi%3DKx9rh66jeqZfYg37-nfdVqgoO1B0Q%40mail.gmail.com. For more options, visit https://groups.google.com/groups/opt_out.
