‘Forget about the past, open new chapter’, Police Chief urges SPLM/A-IO’s police unit
The Inspector General of Police, Majak Akec Malok addresses the SPLM/A-IO police forces at the Rajaf Police Training Center on 16th, January 2020 (Photo: SSNPS)
January 16th, 2020 (SSNN)—The Inspector General of Police Majak Akec Malok has urged the opposition police unit, SPLA-IO, to put the past behind and focus on supporting peace and reconciliation efforts in the country.
The IGP, Akec made the remarks on Thursday while briefing about 2,000 police officers from the opposition forces who had been undergoing training at the Rajaf Police Training Center.
“The Inspector General of police Gen Majak Akec Malok has called on the IO integrated police to forget of the past and open a new chapter of peace and reconciliation among themselves, the Police Chief made the appeal while addressing over two thousand opposition police personnel at rajaf police training center on Thursday.”
He called on the opposition’s police officers to cooperate with their instructor and avoid tribalism during the training process.
“The police chief urged the forces to cooperate with their facilitators and shun tribalism, Gen Majak directed the forces to respect the host community,” the statement issued by the police source partly reads.
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