South Sudan releases four ‘coup suspects’

According to Press TV, South Sudanese President Salva Kiir said charges of attempting to overthrow the government and treason brought against the four figures had been dropped “in order to promote peace and reconciliation among our people.”

The South Sudanese president also said that the release of the last of 11 men held by the government was the “price of peace” and the “only way” out of a deadly four-month war.

Kiir added that the execution of the four would not “compensate those who were killed.”

The South Sudanese president, however, has ordered the released men to remain in the country. He also warned that they could be recalled back “if the criminal procedures are reviewed.”

Former secretary general of the country’s ruling Sudan People’s Liberation Movement (SPLM) and freed detainee, Pagan Amum, urged both sides to return South Sudan to peace.

Amum said he would work with the government and rebels “to end this senseless war that is killing out people.”