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Machar asks court to hear urgent complaint over his defence team

Former First Vice President Riek Machar raised the matter during the Special Court's 128th session, saying the defence needed the judges to act.

Former First Vice President Riek Machar raised another security concern on Wednesday before the Special Court trying him and seven co-defendants. He asked the judges to consider an urgent complaint involving his defence team during the court's 128th session at Freedom Hall in Juba.

Machar said the defence had a complaint it needed the court to address. The report does not give the nature of the security concern or the details of the complaint involving the defence team.

The trial is continuing at Freedom Hall in Juba, with Machar and his seven co-defendants still before the court.

Why it mattersThe judges must now decide whether to take up the complaint, which concerns the defence team handling Machar and his seven co-defendants.