Six journalists have been detained in South Sudan over the dissemination of footage showing President Salva Kiir wetting himself at an official event, the national journalists’ union said on Saturday.
Footage from December showed a deep stain on the 71-year-old president’s gray trousers as he stood for the national anthem at a road commissioning event. The video never aired on television but later circulated on social media.
Journalists working with the South Sudan Broadcasting Corporation were detained on Tuesday and Wednesday, said Patrick Ouet, president of the South Sudan Union of Journalists. himself came out,” he told Reuters. South Sudan’s Information Minister Michael Makui and National Security Service spokesman David Kumuri did not immediately respond to requests for comment.