Liberia, July 15 -- The Board of Commissioners of the Independent National Commission on Human Rights (INCHR) has suspended the Commission's Executive Director, Attorney Urias Teh-Pour, and Director for Planning, Mr. Bah-Wah Brownel, over allegations of corruption, financial misconduct, abuse of office, payroll fraud, and other financial irregularities.

The Board has also referred the two suspended officials, along with the Commission's suspended Chairperson, Cllr. T. Dempster Brown, to the Liberia Anti-Corruption Commission (LACC) for what it described as a comprehensive investigation into allegations of widespread corruption and the possible misuse of public and donor resources.

Announcing the decision at a news conference in Monrovi...