Authorities of the Liberia National Police (LNP) have provided justification for the involvement of its Emergency Response Unit (ERU) into a recent demonstration in Pleebo Sodoken District, Maryland County. Last week, media reports had it that youth from villages and towns in Pleebo-Sodoken District took to the street in protest against what they called bad labor practice by SIFCA-a concession company. But SIFCA had persistently rejected claim by the workers that it was not involved in by labor practice.
According to a statement issued on Tuesday, February 19, 2013, the authorities of the LNP stated that the ERU's involvement was predicated upon what they called the violent nature of the demonstration. The police statement was in response to claim by Pleebo- Sodoken District Representative, Dr. Bhofal Chambers that during the demonstration the ERU police carried out "unilateral arrest of peaceful protestors" in Pleebo Sodoken District, Maryland County.
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