Liberia: Sherman, Tyler, Others U.S.$950K 'Bribery' Trial Ends Today

On trial for alleged bribery, as claimed by Global Witness in the Sable Mining case (clockwise): Sen. Varney Sherman, J. Alex Tyler, Dr. Eugene Shannon, PPCC Chairman Willie Belleh, and Senator Morris Saytumah.

It took Criminal Court 'C' in Monrovia three years to get close to issuing a judgment in the Global Witness report which alleged that several current and past public officials received over US$950,000 in bribes through Sable Mining's Liberian lawyer, Senator Varney Sherman of Grand Cape Mount County, to alter Liberia's Public Procurement Concession Commission (PPCC) law, which would have enabled the officials to award the Wologizi Mountain in Lofa County to Sable without any competitive bidding process.

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