South Sudan's Treason Trial Adjourned To Monday The treason trial of the four South Sudanese political detainees continued on Wednesday but has been adjourned to Monday. 27 March 2014 Left-Right: Oyai Deng, Pagan Amum, Majak D'Agotand Ezekiel Gatkouthin the dock on Wednesday. [Gurtong| Francis Apiliga Lagu]
By Francis Lagu *Juba, 26-Mar-14 (Gurtong) - *Pagan Amum (former SPLM Secretary General), Majak D'Agot (former Deputy Defense Minister), Ezekiel Gatkouth (former Ambassador to US) and Oyai Deng (former Security Minister) are accused of subverting government's constitutional authority and masterminding the "coup attempt" in mid-December last year. The prosecution presented four more witnesses including the Director General of Military Intelligence Maj. General Paul Mach. The prosecutionwitnesses mostly gave an account of want happened on the night of December 15 2013. At least nine prosecution witnesses have testified so far and according to the lead state prosecutor James Mayen, five more witnesses including the Interior Minister AleuAyuenAleu are yet to testify before the court. Assessing the proceedings so far, the defense team is upbeat, hoping justice will prevail for their four clients."The case is moving on well. We (defense team) feel the case is still under control," Monyluak Alor Kuol, the lead defense lawyer said. Alor said after listening to the prosecution witnesses, they will start their defense case. "After the prosecution witnesses have all given their testimonies, move on with defense case. This is the time we shall give our own version of the story. We are already developing our defense witnesses," Alor said. The four accused all through the proceeding remained calm, regularly consulted their lawyers and smiled to each other and their relatives in the court room. Their charges include; treason, abetment, conspiracy, acts committed by several persons in furtherance of common intension, subverting the constitutional government and inciting the army and public. The court was yet again fully packed but security presence has reduced. 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> , Featured Stories<http://www.gurtong.net/ECM/Editorial/tabid/124/ctl/CategoryView/mid/519/categoryId/137/Featured-Stories.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/CAJb14opxbJVL7mH%3DWEcjqrorHnouAnuUe87BBG2_JvqGDB%2BSmw%40mail.gmail.com. For more options, visit https://groups.google.com/d/optout.
