19 SPLA soldiers arrested for misconduct to stand trial Emmanuel Akile | August 4, 2016 | 9:16 pm SPLA Spokesperson, Brigadier General, Lul Koang Ruai. Photo/voa.com SPLA Spokesperson, Brigadier General, Lul Koang Ruai. Photo/voa.com
19 of its soldiers have been arrested and detained for looting and disobeying lawful orders, says the SPLA. Last Month, the SPLA General Headquarters announced the establishment of a military court martial to try soldiers accused of committing crimes during the recent fighting in Juba. The SPLA Chief of General Staff also ordered soldiers to return to their barracks and promised to punish those accused of looting civilians’ properties and loitering on the streets of Juba. Many residential areas and main markets of Custom and Jebel in Juba reported theft and armed robbery by men in uniform after the end of clashes with the SPLA-IO. The SPLA spokesperson, brigadier, Lul Ruai Koang said the soldiers in custody of the military will be tried in court today. “They are going to be tried at Giada which we call ground force [The General Headquarters],” he said, “some are being accused by SPLA and were arrested, especially the ones who are found still loitering, they were arrested for disobeying lawful orders.” Last month, two soldiers were executed by firing squad in Wau town after being found guilty murdering civilians. -- To post to this group, send email to [email protected] To unsubscribe from this group, send email to [email protected] Visit this group at https://groups.google.com/d/forum/southsudankob View this message at https://groups.google.com/d/msg/southsudankob/topic-id/message-id For more options, visit https://groups.google.com/d/optout --- 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 https://groups.google.com/group/SouthSudanKob. To view this discussion on the web visit https://groups.google.com/d/msgid/SouthSudanKob/CAJb14oqNW-0cNiW9%2BDBEs0okzAXxnOsQTWkd8dSqYjitAH8Vag%40mail.gmail.com. For more options, visit https://groups.google.com/d/optout.
