South Sudan security puts deputy defence minister on watch list
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October 4, 2016 (JUBA) - South Sudan’s security and military
intelligence officers have put the country’s deputy defence minister
and several other members of ethnic Murle officers in the army on
watch list, saying their past conducts and actions warranted a close
monitoring to gauge whether they are part of the recent decision by
some of their members to defect to wage an armed struggle.
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SPLA soldiers standing near cattle belonging to the Murle tribe, in
Pibor County, Jonglei State, South Sudan, 25 September 2012 (ST)
Multiple security personnel and military intelligence officers told
Sudan Tribune on Tuesday that the deputy defense minister, David
Yauyau, has not been placed under house arrest but he and several of
his colleagues have been put on a watch list after his former deputy
in the South Sudan Democratic Movement/Army-Cobra Faction
(SSDM/A-Cobra Faction) defected from the government last week.
The group, based in Pibor county of Boma state, home for ethnic Murle,
declared to wage an armed struggle with the liked minded opposition
groups, probably under the leadership of former First Vice President,
Riek Machar, to change the regime in Juba.
A high ranking military official denied rumoured orders to arrest
David Yau Yau but added that he is being monitored closely in case he
may decide to defect too.
“Actually I am not aware of such orders as having come from the
president or anybody in the Security Council. What I know, and which
is a normal practice in the security for precautionary and preemptive
measures that such people, like David Yau Yau, who is known for
changing sides, are usually placed under closed monitoring and
surveillance measures,” the military official told Sudan Tribune on
Tuesday when asked to comment on reports alleging David Yau Yau had
been put under house arrest in Juba.
“You know Yau Yau is unreliable. Who knows, he may be part of the
conspiracy behind the recent defection. For this reason, he and some
of his group [members] need to be closely watched until they prove
otherwise,” he said.
Yau Yau’s former deputy, General Boutrus Khalid, declared his
defection last week and claimed he defected with 16,000 soldiers of
the SSDM/A. Other sources also said another officer has recently
defected to the opposition with 5,000 troops to join General Khalid.
Senior officials in Boma state, including governor Baba Bedan, have
however downplayed the defections, saying it will not impact on the
situation on the ground.
Observers however say the defection may result to renewed violence in
Jonglei state which has had experienced violence pitting government
forces against those of the ethnic Murle fighters between 2010 and
2014.
The opposition fighters signed a peace agreement with the government
in 2014, but have accused the government of not implementing its
provisions.
(ST)
South Sudan security puts deputy defence minister on watch list
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5 October 06:46, by Dinka Aliap Chawul
Yayau I think will not be stupid this time to join rebellion, he’s
my immediate neighbor and he use to go for work and returned normally,
I believe ST is just making a smearing campaigns here against both Yah
yah and NSS,if that was I applied I believe none would ever know
there’s someone/groups is/were being surveillance or trace.
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