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Top: The Sixth Judicial Circuit Court in Gbarnga, Bong County. The DayLight\/James Harding Giahyue<\/p>\n\n\n\n

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By Wilmot Konah<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n

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GBARNGA, Bong County \u2013 A court said it will hear the case<\/a> against four suspected timber smugglers who operated at the Central Agriculture Research Institute (CARI).<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Last week, Judge George S. Wiles Jr. denied a dismissal motion filed by a lawyer representing two Chinese Chaolong and Guoping Zang, a Turkish national Mehmet Onder Erem and their Liberian partner Terrentius Tidiboh Collins also known as Terrence Collins.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Defense lawyer Nathaniel Innis, Sr. had argued Forestry Development Authority\u2019s board did not approve the lawsuit.  <\/p>\n\n\n\n

But Judge Wiles of the Ninth Judicial Circuit Court in Gbarnga, Bong County said the petition was unlawful. \u00a0\u201cFor a party asserting claim not to have legal capacity to sue, it must be done in accordance with our law and practice,\u201d read the ruling.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

The FDA is suing the men for a 12-month prison term, US$25,000 and the forfeiture of their equipment. The court has seized the equipment and thousands of timber the men left at CARI.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

The suspects deny any wrongdoing, saying they operated legally.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

The case is likely the first since the Regulation on Confiscated Logs, Timber and Timber Products<\/a> was formulated six years ago.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

The trial starts this Thursday at 2 pm. <\/p>\n\n\n\n

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This story was a production of the Community of Forest and Environmental Journalists of Liberia (CoFEJ).<\/em><\/strong><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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