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Former Radio Jonglei station manager Malek Gutnyin [File photo/Gurtong]
Malek Gutnyin Gerwar, a former station manager of Radio Jonglei 95.9 FM, has been convicted of embezzlement and sentenced to 10 years in prison by a high court in Jonglei State on Monday.
The radio station, which is based in the town of Bor, is an independent media outlet established in 2010 with equipment donated by the Christian Missionary Church.
Malek Gutnyin served as a station manager of the radio station from 2010 to 2018.
The presiding judge Justice John Yel Aleu told Radio Tamazuj on Monday that Mr. Malek Gutnyin was found guilty of a criminal breach of trust for claiming the ownership of the radio station.