Liberia, Aug. 27 -- Orders Payment Of US$10 Thousand Each

MONROVIA-The Supreme Court of Liberia has affirmed the convictions of five former government officials in a long-running forestry fraud case involving an alleged US$6 million loss to the Government of Liberia through the issuance of illegal forestry permits.

By Willie N. Tokpah

The defendants are former Forestry Development Authority Managing Director Moses Wogbeh; former Technical Manager John Kanto; former Commercial Forestry Manager Janger Kamara; former Grand Bassa County Surveyor David Blayee; and former Director of Cartography at the Ministry of Lands, Mines and Energy, Maxwell Gwee.

Liberia's Judiciary records confirm that the case has been before the Supreme Court on ap...