Liberia, July 3 -- Proceedings in the criminal case involving former Chief of Protocol to former President George Manneh Weah, Finda Bundoo, have been suspended after Criminal Court "C" Resident Judge Ousman Feika delivered a split ruling on issues surrounding her criminal appearance bond.

In a decision that partly favored both the defense and the prosecution, Judge Feika disqualified the two sureties presented by Bundoo, finding them legally insufficient, and ordered that the property valuation bond be set aside.

The court further instructed Bundoo to file a new criminal appearance bond within 72 hours.

The defense immediately objected to that portion of the ruling, announced an appeal to the Supreme Court, and formally noted its exc...