Liberia: Logging Company Dumps Defendants in PUP Six Million Case

Apr 21, 2015 | Abednego Davis, Liberian Observer
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Drama unfolded yesterday in the ongoing trial of four dismissed managers of the Forestry Development Authority (FDA) and a senior surveyor of the Ministry of Land, Mines and Energy (MLME), when a significant evidence surfaced suggesting that one of the defendants, John Kantor received US$51,538.20 rather than the US$4,500 from the Universal Forest Corporation (UFC).

The evidence was discovered after presiding Judge Peter W. Gbeneweleh, based on request from prosecution, ordered the management of Universal Forest Corporation to produce the original copies of cash receipts issued to the company by Mr. John Kantor dated October 20, 2011 on the stationary of the Forestry Development Authority (FDA).