The lawyer for rebel leader Riek Machar’s former spokesman James Gatdek Dak at a criminal court in Juba has complained about the slow pace at which justice is delivered to his client in Juba.

Gatdet is accused of inciting violence, treason, disseminating false information to the detriment of South Sudanese national security, and insulting President Kiir under the South Sudanese penal code of 2008.

Senior lawyer Monyluak Alor Kuol told Radio Tamazuj on Sunday that senior judges had asked to study Gatdet’s case before the final court ruling, but he said the matter took a long period of time. He added that the court has delayed the case for more than a month without clear reasons.

Monyluak has denied knowledge of the whereabouts of Donk Samuel and Aggrey Idri Izbon, both senior members of South Sudan’s armed opposition led by Riek Machar who went missing from the Kenyan capital in January this year.