South Sudan's English Daily Newspaper
"We Dare where others fear"

By Awan Achiek
The National Security Services on Monday denied issuing summonses for several government officials deemed to have embezzled public resources.
This came after several unverified documents surfaced last week on social media, alleging summonses for former and current government officials including the Minister for Petroleum, Puot Kang Chol, former Undersecretary for the Ministry of Petroleum, Dr. Chol Deng Thon, Presidential Advisor on Special Program, Dr. Benjamin Bol Mel, Governor of Eastern Equatoria State, Louis Lobong Lojore, and businesswoman, Adut Salva Kiir Mayardit, and the former Director General in the Ministry of Petroleum, Kon John Akot to answer for engaging in corruption practices.
David John Kumuri, the Director of Public Relations for the Internal Security Bureau of the National Security Services, admitted that the NSS summoned some suspects he did not name, but denied having summoned constitutional post -holders.
“In this spirit, the Internal Security Bureau and the Corruption Security Division did issue summon documents to suspects but not constitutional post-holders,” Kumuri told journalists at the NSS headquarters.
He described the documents circulating on social media as fake and unofficial, adding they were being spread by ‘enemies of the state’ with the motive to create internal division among the leaders.
“The Anti-Corruption Security Division issued summonses to some suspects but not the constitutional post-holders of this country for the purpose of questioning. Apparently, the document was leaked to the public,” said Kumuri.
He disclosed that they had arrested several suspects without giving details of how many were behind the editing and the leakage of the document in question.
“In this respect, the National Security Service conducted an internal and wider investigation for the leakage. And as such, several individuals have been apprehended and are currently detained, undergoing intense investigation,” said Kumuri.
He called upon the members of the public to distance themselves from such ferocious activities, as they are designed to undermine the National Security Code of Conduct.