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WORLD NEWS Thursday 18 april 2019

Sudan officials: Ousted president moved to Khartoum prison

By FAY ABUELGASIM popular uprising in Sudan.
SAMY MAGDY Many wore white coats,
Associated Press waved Sudanese flags
KHARTOUM, Sudan (AP) — and chanted: “Freedom,
Sudan’s ruling military trans- peace, justice and the
ferred ousted President revolution is the people’s
Omar al-Bashir to a prison choice.”
in the country’s capital, a The Sudanese Professionals
military official and former Association, which is be-
minister said as hundreds of hind the protests, called on
people marched Wednes- the military council to hand
day to a sit-in outside the over power to a transitional
army headquarters in Khar- civilian government that
toum, calling for a quick would rule for four years.
handover of power to a ci- The group fears that the
vilian leadership. army, dominated by al-
The military last week Bashir appointees, will cling
ousted al-Bashir following to power or select one of its
months of street protests own to succeed him.
against his 30-year rule, Uganda’s deputy foreign
then appointed a military minister, Henry Okello Ory-
council it says would rule em, said Uganda “can
for no more than two years consider” giving al-Bashir
while elections are orga- Sudanese demonstrators march at a rally outside the army headquarters in the Sudanese capital asylum if he wants it.
nized. Khartoum on Wednesday, April 17, 2019. Oryem, who did not ad-
Since his ouster on Thurs- Associated Press dress the fact that al-Bashir
day, al-Bashir was held in home. He was then moved to Organizers of the street pro- is in custody, said the oust-
custody at a “safe place.” The former minister told Kopar Prison late Tuesday, tests had demanded the ed Sudanese president
The military said it would The Associated Press that according to the ex-minis- military move al-Bashir to had played a crucial role in
not extradite him to the In- al-Bashir had remained ter. an official prison. efforts to achieve peace in
ternational Criminal Court “under house arrest” at The military official con- Meanwhile, hundreds neighboring South Sudan,
to be tried over charges of the presidential residence firmed this. Both spoke on joined a march by doctors which declared indepen-
war crimes and genocide inside the army headquar- condition of anonymity and health workers toward dence from Sudan in 2011
in the region of Darfur, but ters’ compound in Khar- because they were not au- the sit-in, which has be- following decades of civil
would put him on trial at toum. thorized to talk to reporters. come the epicenter of the war.q
Jailed ex-SKorean president requests temporarily release

By TONG-HYUNG KIM ous health problems to be she stays in prison.”
Associated Press treated at hospitals under The prosecution official did
SEOUL, South Korea (AP) — the eye of prosecutors be- not confirm any details on
Imprisoned former South fore returning to prison after Park’s health.
Korean President Park recovery. The 67-year-old Park is serv-
Geun-hye on Wednesday While Park has been permit- ing a prison term of more
requested a temporar- ted to make several visits to than 30 years after being
ily release so she can be a Seoul hospital to receive convicted in a massive cor-
treated for health problems pain management treat- ruption scandal that led
her lawyer says are causing ments, her conditions have to her removal from office
“burning” and “cutting” worsened to a point where and arrest in 2017.
pain. more serious medical care Millions of protesters had
An official from the Seoul and surgery are required, poured onto the streets
Central District Prosecu- Yoo said. calling for Park’s ouster
tors’ Office said it will soon Park “has been struggling amid allegations that she
review Park’s request. He with a level of pain that colluded with a longtime
spoke on condition of ano- makes it impossible for her confidant to take tens of
nymity, citing office rules to sleep normally, but she millions of dollars from com-
against speaking to the In this Oct. 10, 2017, file photo, former South Korean President has been persevering with panies in bribes and extor-
Park Geun-hye, left, arrives to attend a hearing on the extension
media. of her detention at the Seoul Central District Court in Seoul, South superhuman will,” Yoo said. tion and allowed the friend
South Korean criminal law Korea. “It’s no longer possible to to secretly manipulate
allows prisoners with seri- Associated Press treat the conditions while state affairs.q