{"id":32214,"date":"2023-02-16T12:00:26","date_gmt":"2023-02-16T12:00:26","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/south-sudan\/all-news\/uganda-clerk-under-investigation-over-release-of-lual-malong"},"modified":"2023-02-16T12:29:45","modified_gmt":"2023-02-16T12:29:45","slug":"uganda-clerk-under-investigation-over-release-of-lual-malong","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/south-sudan\/all-news\/uganda-clerk-under-investigation-over-release-of-lual-malong","title":{"rendered":"Uganda: Clerk under investigation over release of Lual Malong"},"content":{"rendered":"

Africa-Press – South-Sudan. <\/strong><\/span>Ugandan judiciary is investigating a senior court clerk on allegations that she forged a judgment release order involving South Sudan tycoon and gold dealer Lawrence Lual Malong Yor.<\/p>\n

Local media reports have it that Jane Apio is accused of generating a fake release judgment order for Malong on January 13 this year.<\/p>\n

Henry Twinomuhwezi, the Assistant Registrar, who signed off the questionable release order has been punished with a transfer to a lower court, Daily Monitor reports.<\/p>\n

\u201cYes, the court clerk in question is being investigated by the Inspector of Courts and whatever finding the Inspector of Courts comes up with, she will be punished accordingly if found culpable, \u201c Chief Registrar Sarah Langa Siu told Daily Monitor on Sunday.<\/p>\n

After Malong appealed his three-year conviction by the Ugandan Anti-Corruption Court, Jane Apio, the clerk under investigation, had said that the sentence has been set aside by the court.<\/p>\n

She added that Malong should be released with immediate effect from prison unless held on lawful charges.<\/p>\n

However, judgement order seen by the Daily Monitor indicates that Malong\u2019s appeal had been quashed though his sentence lessened from three years to two years.<\/p>\n

Malong, a controversial socialite and business tycoon known for posting with bundles of US dollars, previously accused the Anti-Corruption Judge of having sentenced him because he refused to pay a 400,000 dollar bribe.<\/p>\n

But Justice Gidudu denied allegations by Malong.<\/p>\n

\u201cThe gutter press has recently provided a platform for convicted criminals to claim innocence by uttering forged documents to say that they were convicted because they refused to offer bribes and that they were acquitted by the appellate courts whereas not,\u201d Justice Gidudu said as quoted by Monitor.<\/p>\n

The self-proclaimed millionaire, who had been posting with bundles of US dollars, was put on trial for 10 charges of money laundering.<\/p>\n

He was found guilty of enticing an Ethiopian, WG Dessic and his friend Abebe Belay Engda with a fake gold deal in Juba, South Sudan worth $1.9m but failed to deliver the said gold to them as promised.<\/p>\n

Malong and two others were tried before Justice Gidudu who convicted him and sentenced him to three years imprisonment.<\/p>\n

By the time of passing the judgment, Malong had spent two years in jail already.<\/p>\n

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Africa-Press – South-Sudan. Ugandan judiciary is investigating a senior court clerk on allegations that she forged a judgment release order involving South Sudan tycoon and gold dealer Lawrence Lual Malong Yor. Local media reports have it that Jane Apio is accused of generating a fake release judgment order for Malong on January 13 this year. 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