National security agents in Juba have searched the home of a member of parliament and seized assets from his possession, but they did not capture him.
One pick-up truck bearing the agents arrived in the early morning hours Sunday at 1:30 a.m. at the home of MP Kong Dak Jishlive, who lived on a government compound near UNDP in Juba.
According to a witness, this is the third time that security officers visited the compound, which is also shared by Kong’s brother, a senior official in petroleum security.
The security forces have ransacked the house, seized computers and other assets, and took three vehicles used by the MP, the witness told Radio Tamazuj.
Dak, a member of parliament representing Leer in Unity State, has sought protection from the United Nations. He was reportedly a close associate of the ousted vice president Riek Machar, whose whereabouts are unknown.
Some sources in Juba also suggest that a few of the recent shooting incidents Saturday and Sunday evenings involved bodyguards of senior politicians or commanders from the same tribe, including the shooting incidents in the Tong Ping neighborhood near UNMISS. Information about the events is still emerging.
Several members of the national security service were wounded or killed in the Jebel area on Saturday night.
File photo: National security and police forces in Juba (Radio Tamazuj)