Key witness in corruption case at President Kiir’s office speaks out
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January 7, 2017 – (JUBA) – One of the key witnesses in the case
involving the alleged theft of $14 million and SSP 30 million from the
Office of South Sudanese President Salva Kiir, has spoken out during
the trial of the 16 accused persons.
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South Sudanese president Salva Kiir (AFP)
The witness, Maj. Gen. Paul Nang Majok was the third prosecution
witness to present his case to the court against the 16 accused
persons from the Office of the President.
Majok, court documents Sudan Tribune obtained shows, told court that
he was called by the Director General of the General Intelligence
Bureau (GIB), Gen. Thomas Duoth Guet on 28 May 2015 and ordered to
arrest 1st Lt. John Agou.
The arrest came in the wake of an alleged intelligence report
implicating Agou in the huge transfers of money from the president’s
office to his bank account in Nairobi, Kenya in favour of Mayen Wol
Jong and Yel Luol Koor.
“On 29/5/2015, I ordered a company of security personnel from GIB
under the command of Capt. Gum Bol Noah, Capt. Charles Andrew
Churukali and 2nd Lt Adiing Deng to arrest 1st Lt John Agou and other
staff of his company and to take them to GIB Headquarters,” Majok told
the court.
He further went on to tell the High Court that on 2nd June, 2015, the
Director General of GIB General Duoth ordered him in writing through a
letter to the Undersecretary of the Ministry of Justice, to institute
criminal proceeding against Agou and 11 of his employees who had been
arrested together with him during the operations on 29 May 2015.
“On 3/6/2015, I opened case number 2158/2015, Agou and others versus
the General Intelligence Bureau (GIB) at Juba High court,” he
asserted.
However, during cross examination by defense lawyers on whether he was
aware about the case against more other accused persons other than
Agou and his company’s staff, Majok told the court that "he did not
have a case against some of the people in court, adding that he was
unaware of who ordered for their arrest, investigation, detention and
prosecution in court".
The accused persons Gen. Paul referred to as having no case to answer
according to court documents are; Susan Anyieth Chaat Paul (John
Agou’s wife), Yel Luol Koor, Mayen Wol Jong, Ring Ajing Juk, Nhomuot
Agoth Cithiik, Anna Kalisto Ladu, Kur Ayuen Kou, Garang Aguer Akok,
Chaat Paul Nul, Anyang Majok Ayuen and Francis Yatta Justin.
But when asked by the judge if the National Security Service was
subordinate to civilian authority and the constitution, Majok
responded that they were required to work within the country’s
constitution which is the Supreme law of the South Sudan.
He was further asked why the National Security Service stormed
someone’s business premises without search warrant from the court and
if that action is legal and lawfully? He says the searches that were
done at Click Technologies Ltd was "illegal and did not follow correct
procedures of the law" but he did it because he was "ordered by senior
authority" to do so.
He also denied that he personally participated in drafting of the
intelligence report that led to Agou’s arrest and did not know the
source of that intelligence report. What he know is he was acting on
orders from his senior General Thomas Duoth Guet, the Director General
of GIB.
According to report released by Legal Watch Associates, the case into
the alleged corruption in the president’s office was formally opened,
five days after Agou, eleven of his employees and customers had been
arrested and detained without charge in violation of constitutional
provisions.
In an interview with Sudan Tribune, one of the lawyer who was
representing some of the accused persons by then described the case as
“politically motivated”.
“We assumed that day the judge was going to free the people denied by
the complainant and continue the case against others he mentioned as
having opened the case against, if the complainant abdicated his case
against an accused, the judge is under obligation to free the accused
there and then because it will be considered as having withdrawn the
case against that particular person", said the lawyer.
In the absence of the rule of law in the country, the judge was
ordered to sentence them with or without a crime and that is the very
reason he passed that severe and uniform blanket convictions,” he
added.
The case, currently before the appeal court, places the country’s
justice system under scrutiny, calling into question public confidence
in the independence of the judiciary. The case involved 16 people from
different institutions including the President’s office, Finance
Ministry, Bank of South Sudan and four Kenyan nationals who worked for
Click Technologies Ltd.
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7 January 06:53, by Midit Mitot
President himself will be tolent at his office.
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7 January 09:44, by Tut Gatkuoth
The defense lawyers should advice those sixteen thieves who stole
a lot of millions from the office of the president because writing
articles about the court sessions will ever change anything since it
was an open case and all the statements of the witnesses have been
heard by public..The truth of the matter is that they must pay for
looting public money..
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7 January 09:57, by Tut Gatkuoth
Attention....!!!!!!! Is Sudan tribune part of the defense lawyers
for the sixteen accused person????. This group of illegal millionaires
should calmly wait for the verdict of the appeal instead of spending
part of the money that they got from corruption for paying editors of
Sudan tribune for the posts.
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7 January 13:48, by Dinka-Defender-General
Guys, people are getting wild with public money because there is
no accountability. I blame P. Kiir for putting the country into this
messes. I think P. kiir doesn’t know you cannot be loyal to criminals
or let criminals operate in the country. It will takes years and years
to clean these messes. Why would you tolerate criminals or anyone who
takes public money or properties? P. Kiir is too nice.
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7 January 14:06, by Redeemer
All the four who commented above did not understand the law
language presented in the report, you are not understanding the
reality which was driving the theft reports in the office of the
President or you are the usual enemies of the country
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7 January 15:15, by mathon raan
Who is destroying these country more than you rebels. Keep
emotions down and understand.
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