Monrovia, Feb. 26 -- Former Finance Minister Samuel D. Tweah has accused Vice President Jeremiah Koung of orchestrating efforts to have him jailed in order to advance his own presidential ambition.

Tweah made the allegations on Wednesday, February 25, a day after he appeared before Criminal Court "C" at the Temple of Justice, where proceedings in his high profile case resumed following a mandate from the Supreme Court of Liberia.

Judge Osumun F. Feika ordered the Supreme Court's mandate read into the record on Tuesday, thereby clearing the way for the continuation of the trial.

The former finance minister, along with four other former officials, is accused of misapplying 6.2 million United States dollars allegedly earmarked for nationa...