'We were 84 students when we left.. but only 7 of us are now alive'

General Mach Paul Mach

General Mach Paul Mach Source: General Mach Paul

General Mach Paul: We were 84 students when we left Malek Secondary Schools but only 7 of us are now alive


In his first interview with Ajak Deng Chiengkou on SBS Dinka Radio which will be available online on Friday and aired on Saturday. General Mach talked about what he said as head of the military intelligence unit and key witness on the case against the politicians who were accused to have orchestrated the alleged coup on December 15, 2013. 

“As a trained soldier with more experiences or the history of the army that I studied and as a head of the military intelligence, we have arrested no one. There is no a person that we have arrested, interrogated in order to determine what happened. Those who were arrested in Juba and the reasons for their arrest are only known to those who arrested them and that can be best answered by them. If I were to be the one who arrested them then I would have told you the investigation involved, and provide the steps or procedures taken.”

General Mach, who was supposed to have the intelligence about who did what? In court, Mach gave no evidence about the involvement of the accused. Mach was summoned by the court with other senior’s officials to stand as State’s witness to the case.


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