Augustine S. Mehm, Senior investigator of the Liberia Anti-Corruption Commission (LACC) took the witness stand for the State on Wednesday, February 19. Monrovia – State prosecutors have presented their first witness in the trial of former Defense Minister Brownie Samukai and his two former deputies – Joseph P. Johnson and J. Nyumah Dorkor- in the economic sabotage case. The former Defense Minister and his two deputies are charged with the commission of the crimes of economic sabotage, misuse of public money, money laundering, criminal conspiracy and theft of property. However, Augustine S. Mehm, Senior investigator of the Liberia Anti-Corruption Commission (LACC) took the witness stand for the State on Wednesday, February 19. Mehm also served as the senior investigator in the former Defense Minister and his two deputies’ case at the level of the LACC.

Source: Front Page Africa February 20, 2020 05:26 UTC