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Banner Image<\/strong>: Senjeh District Head Zoe Ma Jebbeh Bigboy in an interview with the DayLight on Friday, August 6, 2021. The DayLight\/Derrick Snyder<\/em><\/p>\n\n\n\n

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By Varney Kamara<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n

BEHSAO, Bomi County \u2013 <\/strong>Traditional leaders in Bomi are threatening to take action against police and security guards of Mano Palm Oil Plantation Investment (MPOI) who allegedly ransacked a Sande shrine last week, sparking a riot in the western countryside.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

The police and company guards had stormed the Sande bush in search of stolen palm nuts, according to Ma Jebbeh Bigboy, the head Zoe of the shrine. The incident occurred in Behsao in the Senjeh District. It is considered a sacrilege for men to enter a Sande school, with violators often punished harshly. <\/p>\n\n\n\n

\u201cThey came and saw things they were not to see,\u201d Bigboy told The DayLight. \u201cThe consequence of this is death. If we do not make sacrifices for this, people will die, including me.\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Bigboy demanded that Mano underwrites the expenses for the sacrifice to appease the spirits of the shrine. She listed three tins of red oil, three tins of liquor, three bags of rice, a white sheep and one roll of white cloth as items the company must provide for the sacrifice.   <\/p>\n\n\n\n

Upon the shrine incident, angry citizens began to riot, vandalizing one of the company\u2019s security booths.  <\/p>\n\n\n\n

\u201cThe angry crowd came and put me outside of the booth. I ran in the bush for safety,\u201d said Mano\u2019s security guard Murphy Billy underneath the damaged cubicle with torn roof and shattered windows.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Billy said he watched the townsmen rioters chase after other security guards.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

\u201cI didn\u2019t see any red palms with them. I only saw the crowd running behind them,\u201d he added.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

A number of townspeople were arrested and taken to custody after the riot subsided, according to people The DayLight interviewed.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

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Mano’s security that the rioters damaged. The DayLight\/Varney Kamara<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n\n\n

Local police authorities denied that their men entered the shrine. A police officer who only identified himself as OPS Morris at a deport in Gbah Jarkeh told this reporter he did not know of the arrests. He promised a week ago to me with details on the alleged arrest but failed to do so as of Monday. He, however, confirmed receiving a complaint about the destruction of the security booth.  <\/p>\n\n\n\n

Adama Seh, head of corporate communication at Mano said the company was \u201cinvestigating and will find a peaceful way out\u201d in an interview with The DayLight.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Konah Harris, clan chief of Senjeh, told The DayLight the county\u2019s traditional leaders were also investigating the crisis.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Mano succeeded Sime Darby in a takeover in 2019. Prior to the takeover, it had been involved in the purchase of crude palm oil and exporting it to various destinations<\/a> across West Africa, according to its website. The group is a wholly-owned subsidiary of Mano Manufacturing Co, which is principally involved in the manufacturing of soap, bleach and detergents.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Last week\u2019s riot in Behsao is not the first plantation-related incident in Grand Cape Mount County. In October 2011, Sime Darby destroyed crops and culturally significant sites such as graveyards and shrines.  Villagers from Bomi and Grand Cape Mount County presented a formal complaint to the Roundtable on Sustainable Palm Oil (RSPO) on violation of their human and cultural rights. The report found Sime Darby liable<\/a> for not acquiring the constant of communities before expanding on their land. The company agreed to pay the villagers US$1 million within 60 years, with 99,999.99 every six years.  <\/p>\n\n\n\n

Unlike Sime Darby, Mano is not a member of the Roundtable on Sustainable Palm Oil (RSPO), the global watchdog of the oil palm industry. However, several national and international laws and protocols call for companies\u2019 recognition of cultural rights, including Liberia\u2019s Land Rights Act of 2018, the United Nations Declaration on Human Rights and the 2001 UNESCO Declaration on Cultural Diversity.  <\/p>\n\n\n\n

\u201cThis is a violation of the rights of communities. It violates local and international treaties which speak for the protection of people across communities where oil palm concessions are in Liberia,\u201d said Richard Sam, a regional coordinator with the Sustainable Development Institute (SDI) in an interview with the DayLight.  <\/p>\n\n\n\n

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People gather around a police vehicle after the riot, which started after police and security guards allegedly ransacked a Sande bush in Behsao, Bomi County. The DayLight\/Timby Dashboard<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n\n\n

This story has been updated with additional paragraphs and changes to lines in the previous version. <\/em><\/strong><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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