{"id":186373,"date":"2013-12-17T00:22:00","date_gmt":"2013-12-17T00:22:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/dabangasudan.preview.websight.nl\/south-sudan-s-former-deputy-defence-minister-arrested\/"},"modified":"2013-12-17T00:22:00","modified_gmt":"2013-12-17T00:22:00","slug":"south-sudan-s-former-deputy-defence-minister-arrested","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.dabangasudan.org\/en\/all-news\/article\/south-sudan-s-former-deputy-defence-minister-arrested","title":{"rendered":"South Sudan&#8217;s former Deputy Defence Minister arrested"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>The former Deputy Minister of Defence of South Sudan, Majak D\u2019Agoot was arrested  early Tuesday evening in Juba by a large mixed force of police and national  security.&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>D\u2019Agoot was warned earlier in the afternoon that he would be taken  into custody. He served as the number two at the Defense Ministry  until the Cabinet reshuffle last July.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cThey came for him at 5.35pm,\u201d said a relative of the politician who  declined to be named, adding that the arrest was made at D\u2019Agoot\u2019s house  in Mudiria area.<\/p>\n<p>The detachment sent to make the arrest included five Land Cruiser  pickups and one smaller vehicle with armed police and plainclothes National Security officers.<\/p>\n<p>According to the source, D\u2019Agoot was first taken to the police  headquarters in Buluk, then to a house in the Amarat neighborhood.<\/p>\n<p>He added that other politicians were detained at the house: Gier Chuang, Deng Alor, Kosti Manibe, Cirino Hiteng, John  Luk, and Madut Biar.<\/p>\n<p><em>File photo:&nbsp;Majak D\u2019 Agoot, South Sudan\u2019s Deputy Defence Minister  speaking at the launch of The Sudd research Institute in Juba on May 2012  (ST)<!--break--><\/em><\/p>\n<div class=\"sws_supernormalaction\"><button on=\"tap:superwebshare-lightbox\" class=\"superwebshare_normal_button1 superwebshare-button-large superwebshare-button-square superwebshare_prompt superwebshare_button_svg\" style=\"color:#ffffff;background-color: #d52631;\" ><svg xmlns=\"http:\/\/www.w3.org\/2000\/svg\" class=\"superwebshare-svg\"  fill=\"currentColor\" viewBox=\"0 0 1000 1000\" stroke=\"currentColor\" stroke-width=\"0\"><path stroke-linecap=\"round\" stroke-linejoin=\"round\" d=\"M789.86,323.67c91.79,0,164.25-72.46,164.25-164.25S881.64,0,789.86,0S625.6,72.46,625.6,164.25c0,4.83,0,14.49,0,24.15L306.76,371.98c-24.15-24.15-57.97-33.82-96.62-33.82c-91.79,0-164.25,72.46-164.25,164.25s72.46,164.25,164.25,164.25c38.65,0,72.46-14.49,96.62-33.82L625.6,821.26c0,9.66,0,14.49,0,19.32c0,86.96,72.46,159.42,159.42,159.42s159.42-72.46,159.42-159.42s-67.63-159.42-154.59-159.42c-33.82,0-67.63,9.66-96.62,33.82L374.4,526.57c0-9.66,0-19.32,0-24.15s0-14.49,0-24.15l318.84-188.41C717.39,314.01,751.21,323.67,789.86,323.67z\" \/><\/svg><span>Share article<\/span><\/button><\/div>","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>The former Deputy Minister of Defence of South Sudan, Majak D\u2019Agoot was arrested  early Tuesday evening in Juba by a large mixed force of police and national  security.\u00a0 D\u2019Agoot was warned earlier in the afternoon that he would be taken  into custody. He served as the number two at the Defense Ministry  until the Cabinet reshuffle last July. \u201cThey came for him at 5.35pm,\u201d said a relative of the politician who  declined to be named, adding that the arrest was made at D\u2019Agoot\u2019s house  in Mudiria area. The detachment sent to make the arrest included five Land Cruiser  pickups and one smaller vehicle with armed police and plainclothes National Security officers. According to the source, D\u2019Agoot was first taken to the police  headquarters in Buluk, then to a house in the Amarat neighborhood. He added that other politicians were detained at the house: Gier Chuang, Deng Alor, Kosti Manibe, Cirino Hiteng, John  Luk, and Madut Biar.File photo:\u00a0Majak D\u2019 Agoot, South Sudan\u2019s Deputy Defence Minister  speaking at the launch of The Sudd research Institute in Juba on May 2012  (ST)<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_acf_changed":false,"footnotes":""},"categories":[27],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-186373","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-news"],"acf":[],"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO plugin v27.3 - https:\/\/yoast.com\/product\/yoast-seo-wordpress\/ -->\n<title>South Sudan&#039;s former Deputy Defence Minister arrested - Dabanga Radio TV Online<\/title>\n<meta name=\"robots\" content=\"index, follow, max-snippet:-1, max-image-preview:large, max-video-preview:-1\" \/>\n<link rel=\"canonical\" href=\"https:\/\/www.dabangasudan.org\/en\/all-news\/article\/south-sudan-s-former-deputy-defence-minister-arrested\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:locale\" content=\"en_GB\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:type\" content=\"article\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:title\" content=\"South Sudan&#039;s former Deputy Defence Minister arrested - Dabanga Radio TV Online\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:description\" content=\"The former Deputy Minister of Defence of South Sudan, Majak D\u2019Agoot was arrested early Tuesday evening in Juba by a large mixed force of police and national security.\u00a0 D\u2019Agoot was warned earlier in the afternoon that he would be taken into custody. He served as the number two at the Defense Ministry until the Cabinet reshuffle last July. \u201cThey came for him at 5.35pm,\u201d said a relative of the politician who declined to be named, adding that the arrest was made at D\u2019Agoot\u2019s house in Mudiria area. The detachment sent to make the arrest included five Land Cruiser pickups and one smaller vehicle with armed police and plainclothes National Security officers. According to the source, D\u2019Agoot was first taken to the police headquarters in Buluk, then to a house in the Amarat neighborhood. 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