Information Minister Warns Against Rumour-Mongering Upper Nile’s State Information Minster Philip Jiben Ogal has warned against rumour-mongering as he denied report that some doctors from Malakal teaching hospital have been killed by the rebels in Malakal. 27 January 2014 Hon. Philip Jiben Ogal, Upper Nile’s State Information Minster warns against rumour-mongering [File]
By Peter Jok Mayom *JUBA, 27 January 2014 [Gurtong] -* Speaking to Gurtong on Sunday, the minister described the report as false. “All the doctors are there, nobody is killed. They are even now carrying out their duties helping the wounded heroes and civilians,” said the minister Jiben. He warned the citizens against listening to such rumours. “Network is now working anybody who wishes to contact any one from Malakal can do so to avoid circulating of bad rumors,” he lamented. “However in the second fights where the rebels entered the town of Malakal, some of them entered the Malakal Teaching Hospital but they did not kill any doctor. They threatened some doctors who were treating patients in the hospital but were not killed.” Rumours were that Dr Yohannes Edward, the Dean of the Faculty of Medicine and his colleague Dr Peter Adwok Otto, University Director for External Relations were killed by the rebels during their control of Malakal. The two doctors are also lecturers in the University of Upper Nile. Dr. Adwok confirmed he was alive to Gurtong but said all his belongings had been taken away. Dr Otto and others sought protection at the UN base in Malakal when the fighting between the government and anti-government forces battled for control of state the capital of the oil rich- Upper Nile state. The fighting that broke out mid-last month in Juba, spread to Bor, Bentiu and Malakal has claimed thousands of lives, destroyed property and displaced a half a million other people. Posted in: Home<http://www.gurtong.net/ECM/Editorial/tabid/124/ctl/CategoryView/mid/519/categoryId/1/Home.aspx> , Governance<http://www.gurtong.net/ECM/Editorial/tabid/124/ctl/CategoryView/mid/519/categoryId/6/Governance.aspx> -- 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]. To view this discussion on the web visit https://groups.google.com/d/msgid/SouthSudanKob/CAJb14oqH4QZ%2BmTmJtXodrxP26Kz4nDsMyGaZHC3Ve4ZVquqXQg%40mail.gmail.com. For more options, visit https://groups.google.com/groups/opt_out.
