JUBA, SUDAN - JANUARY 08: A female traffic police officer directs rush hour traffic January 8, 2011 in Juba, Sudan. Southern Sudan is preparing for an independence referendum to take place this Sunday following a historic 2005 peace treaty that brought an end to decades of civil war between the Arab north and predominantly Christian and animist south. The south is expected to vote around 99 percent to secede from the north which will also give it a majority of Sudan's oil resulting in splitting Africa's largest country in two. Over two million people were killed in the north-south civil war which began in the 1950`s. (Photo by Spencer Platt/Getty Images)
The Director-General of Traffic Police has reminded motorists not to pay fines to traffic police officers until decided by a court of law.
A new directive issued yesterday states it is illegal to hand over money to an officer on duty without a court directive.
This applies to those charged with offenses such as driving tinted glass vehicles and using expired logbooks.
According to Major-General Kon John Akot, vehicles with tinted glasses should only be detained unless the owner has permission to use them.
He directed that expired licenses or logbooks shall be withdrawn from the owners.
Akot further advised traffic police officers to detain anyone found selling a black sticker for tined vehicles.
The letter, dated September 6, 2020, and signed by Maj.Gen. Kon John Akot said it will now be a requirement to “open a case against the people who are still violating rules and regulations of traffic after the detention of their properties.”
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