Liberia, July 8 -- The Vanguard Student Unification Party (SUP) has endorsed the planned July 17 nationwide protest organized by the Solidarity and Trust for a New Day (STAND), while calling for Vice President Jeremiah Kpan Koung to submit himself to an independent international investigation into allegations linked to the country's drug crisis.

In a statement issued Tuesday from its headquarters at the University of Liberia, the student movement also demanded the immediate dismissal of Liberia National Police Inspector General Gregory Coleman, accusing him of overseeing what it described as an incomplete and unconvincing investigation into the reported seizure of US$19.2 million worth of cocaine at Roberts International Airport.

The s...