MONROVIA, May 15 -- Days after former Finance and Development Planning Minister Samuel D. Tweah Jr. emerged from the highly publicized US$6.2 million economic sabotage case with his reputation politically reinforced following his acquittal, the Government of Liberia, through the Asset Recovery and Property Retrieval Task Force (AREPT), has again placed the former official at the center of another major corruption-related investigation, this time involving an alleged US$20.5 million rice subsidy scheme introduced during the administration of former President George Weah.

By Selma Lomax, selma.lomax@frontpageafricaonline.com & Willie Tokpah, wiilie.tokpah@frontpageafricaonline.com

The latest development has intensified the already polariz...