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Liberia: Defense Continued Questioning Prosecution Payments to RUF Insider Witness
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GUEST BLOG
10 March 2008
Posted to the web 10 March 2008
The monitors of former President Charles Taylor's trial report for www.charlestaylortrial.org
Defense Continued Questioning Prosecution Payments to RUF Insider Witness
The trial resumed at noon, with Munyard continuing the cross-examination.
Def: You said that the police were in uniform and you were not happy. The Special Court people were not in uniform so you felt at ease. People in uniform make you feel uneasy?
Wit: With the police officers, it was just after the war. I don’t feel uneasy with them all the time.
Def: This is not a criticism of you - many people would share your unease. It made you feel more comfortable with people not in uniform. Did the police tell you that you would be paid by the Special Court?
Wit: They did not tell me anything about money. They only told me that the Special Court wanted me to go to Freetown and I had to go with them.
Def: The first time assisted financially was with the OTP?
Wit: Yes.
Def: And you spent two days away from home on that occasion. And they paid you 30000 Leones for lost earning for those two days?
Wit: They did not pay me, it was just an assistance.
Def: You didn’t tell them an amount. So they just decided to give you 30000 Leones?
Wit: I did not tell them what they should give to me. I gave them the estimate.
Def: What was your estimate for you and your family on a daily basis?
Wit: I told them that my family would normally use 5000-10, 000 per day, and they gave 20,000 for the two days.
Def: Both lots of money were given under the category of lost wages, and the reason was funds required to facilitate the witness for interview process.
Wit: I don’t know if that was the reason stated there. I told them I as not formally employed but some menial jobs where i could get that amount.
Def: You made a profit on that trip didn’t you? How much could you earn in November 2003 on average?
Wit: 5000-10000 for construction jobs. At times I could even get more than 10,000.
Def: Did you get work every day?
Wit: Yes, on a daily basis. I would be on a contract basis, two week contract, one week contract.
Def: How many in the family in November 2003?
Wit: six. Me, wife and four children.
Def: You did tell us yesterday that you incurred no transport, accommodation or food costs because you were driven by a police officer, put up for the night and provided with meals. Correct?
Wit: Yes
Def: When you told us that you were given money for food that can’t be right, unless it was a profit?
Wit: The money was for food in the morning.
Def: What morning?
Wit: It was 10000 leones.
Def: Was it the first morning you were being interviewed in November 2003?
Wit: The evening for dinner, cigarette and breakfast and lunch.
Def: You said yesterday that they brought that to you at no cost to you? If they give you money for food and meals, they say so in the document that spells out how much was given. How much does a packet of cigarettes cost in 2003?
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Wit: Up to 1000 Leones.
Def: how many packets to you have a day?
Wit: At times I can smoke 2 sticks of cigarettes.
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