The South Sudan Broadcasting Corporation footage of 71-year-old President Salva Kiir aired in December and was widely shared online.
Six journalists with South Sudan's national broadcaster have been detained in connection with footage apparently showing the country's president urinating on himself during an event, according to union officials.
The Union of Journalists of South Sudan in a statement called for a speedy conclusion to the investigation into the staffers it said are in the custody of the National Security Service. The statement said the staffers are suspected of having knowledge of the public release of "a certain footage"."If there is a prima facie case of professional misconduct or offence then let authorities expedite an administrative or legal process to address the issue in a fair, transparent and in accordance with the law," union chair Oyet Patrick Charles said.Officials with the president's office and the national broadcaster refused to comment.
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