JUBA, Sudan, Jan 12 (Reuters) - More than 60 percent of voters have already taken part in south Sudan's independence referendum, meaning the result of the vote will now be valid, a senior southern official said on Wednesday.
"I know very well that by three days of voting the 60 percent threshold has been passed," Anne Itto, from the south's ruling Sudan People's Liberation Movement (SPLM), told reporters in the southern capital Juba.
The the commission organising the vote was not immediately able to confirm that the threshold had been achieved. A week of voting began on Sunday for the referendum, which is expected to see the south emerge as an independent state.
(Reporting by Jeremy Clarke; Editing by Peter Graff)
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