Some police officers in Rumbek have involved themselves in looting civilians at night in the town due to poverty, Western Lakes State Acting Police Commissioner admits.
Brigadier Meshiek Makur Rual says hunger and delay of salaries are central points of poverty that force soldiers to rob civilians, Radio Good news reports.
Brigadier Makur says the perpetrators who are involved in criminal activities will face the law.
He identifies lack of police ethics for the newly recruited police as one of major problems in the state.
Commissioner Rual urges organized forces to continue protecting the civil population and their property with dignity.
Acting Police Commissioner Meshiek Makur Rual made the remarks after civil population constantly complain of police malpractices in Rumbek town.