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First Vice President and SPLA-IO C-in-C Dr. Riek Machar Teny Tension seems to be brewing in the SPLA-IO camp as the outfit’s military spokesman, Brig. Gen. William Gatjiath Deng, this morning issued a press statement saying that their Director of military intelligence has been suspended. The suspension of Maj. General Dhiling Keak Chuol from his position was the resolution of a meeting chaired by SPLA-IO Chief of General Staff, Gen. Simon Gatwech Dual, in the Magenis area along the common border of Sudan and South Sudan. According to Brig. Gathjiath, the meeting decided to suspend the military intelligence director with immediate effect and dissolved the structures he had put in place. ....
‘Gen. Olony does not intend to defect’-SPLA-IO chief Gen. Gatwich The SPLA-IO Chief of General Staff Gen. Simon Gatwich Dual has said Gen. Johnson Olony who commands the Agwelek Division of the outfit has no intentions of defecting and or forming a new rebel group. In a telephone interview with Radio Tamazuj, Gen. Gatwich rubbished talk of Gen. Olony defecting and referred to them as mere rumors. “These are administrative matters. Gen. Johnson Olony promoted himself to First Lieutenant General because there are issues. He promoted himself and his men in the Agwelek Division because Dr. Riek Machar promoted officers without consulting or telling me who is the Chief of Staff and also not telling Gen. Olony,” he said. Gen. Olony has no problem. He joined the armed opposition, and the movement’s leader, Riek Machar, is not carrying out his requests and everyone in the movement agreed that Olony would be the governor of Upper Nile State, but Juba refused and Dr. ....