South Sudan rebel leader’s wife deported from Johannesburg
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June 14, 2015 (ADDIS ABABA) – Angelina Teny, wife of the South
Sudanese rebel leader, Riek Machar, was reportedly deported from
Johannesburg, South Africa, back to Addis Ababa, Ethiopia, on Friday
by South African authorities who denied her entry visa at Oliver
Reginald Tambo International Airport.
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Riek Machar sits next to his wife Angelina Teny in front of their tent
in rebel-controlled territory inside Jonglei state, on 31 January 2014
(Photo: Reuters/Goran Tomasevic)
In a statement distributed to the media and social networking groups
by a journalist working in the office of president Salva Kiir, the
first lady of the opposition leader was held for over 24 hours in the
country before putting her back to the plane to Addis Ababa.
“Madam Angelina Teny was deported on Friday, June 12, 2015 from Oliver
Reginald Tambo International Airport in Johannesburg, South Africa,”
revealed Larco Lomoyat, a photo journalist, in a statement extended to
Sudan Tribune on Saturday.
“Angelina who was accompanying her husband Dr. Riek Machar for medical
checkup in South Africa arrived from Addis Ababa, Ethiopia at 1:00am
on Thursday was detained for over 24 hours at the airport and was
deported back to Addis Ababa, Ethiopia the following day on Friday
afternoon together with her bodyguard Gabriel Kuok Dang,” he further
explained.
He said she was deported because she previously overstayed in South
Africa beyond legal duration provided in the visa, which, he added,
the new immigration law did not allow for new visa.
Lomoyat said according to South African new immigration law, “if a
visitor overstayed, she or he will be declared non-desirable; and
therefore when he or she visits South Africa again, he or she will be
deported and banned for five years not to visit South Africa.”
South Sudanese rebel leader’s spokesman, James Gatdet Dak, confirmed
that the wife of the opposition leader was denied entry visa on
arrival per the new immigration law, but said elements in the media
reports about what transpired were “exaggerated and misleading.”
“Well, Madam Agelina couldn’t get entry visa on arrival because the
new South African immigration law necessitated that the application
for entry visa would first be processed before arrival,” Dak told
Sudan Tribune on Saturday.
“It was a matter of shortfalls in the arrangements. Elements in media
reports are exaggerated and misleading,” he said.
He also said she was not deported back to Addis Ababa as alleged but
decided to transit to London, in the United Kingdom, to visit her
family, adding she will then return to Addis Ababa after the visit to
London to participate in the peace talks.
Dak also dismissed as propaganda the allegation that the rebel leader
travelled to South Africa for purposes of medical check-up, saying the
mission was in response to invitation extended to him to participate
in the African Union summit.
He earlier said the opposition leader, who was also accompanied by the
deputy chairman for national committee for foreign affairs relations,
Ezekiel Lol Gatkuoth, met with a number of world leaders in
Johannesburg.
South African president, Jacob Zuma, and the minister of home affairs,
Naledi Pandor, signed off on new immigration regulation on Friday, 16
May 2015 in a move that marks the first time since 2004 that the law
has been adjusted.
The changes officially came into effect on Monday, 26 May 2015, and
the amendments to the act impact foreigners looking to visit, study,
work, live and own a business in South Africa.
South Africa’s new immigration rules aim to balance the need for
better security with the contribution migration makes to economic
development and prosperity.
(ST)
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