The Office of the President of South Sudan has issued a statement expressing shock and dismay about Peter Biar Ajak's use of the unpublished manuscript "A Bloody Nile" to launch a barrage of insults against President Salva Kiir on social media. The author of the manuscript, Tim Edwards, mixed baseless rumors together to tarnish the president's image. The statement rejects Biar's claim that the Office of the President bought the copyright to suppress its publication. Biar apologized for his errors in a public note, and the statement urges people to regard his latest rants against the President as repeated errors.