Liberia: Nine Persons Indicted for Gang Raping, Assaulting Three Women in Sinoe CountyWesseh A. Wesseh, Assistant Justice Minister for Litigation says the police is “on the lookout” for 10 more suspectsSinoe County – Nine men have been arrested, interrogated, charged and indicted for abusing three women, one of whom later died, in Sinoe County. Ten other people are also on the run following the arrest of nine alleged perpetrators, an official of the Ministry of Justice told FrontPageAfrica Wednesday in Monrovia. The video showed the women being abused by a group of men, and reports later suggested that the women were sexually assaulted. But they have been told that those arrested were carrying out “jungle justice” which is illeagal, he said. In this modern day Liberia, you can’t administer jungle justice because trial by ordeal is outlawed by our statute,” he said.

Source: Front Page Africa February 28, 2019 02:03 UTC