Harris Pewee, a security guard at the Sime Darby Plantation undergoes treatment after falling prey to machetes-bearing illegal harvesters in BomiBomi County – On the verge of packing up and leaving Liberia, the management of Sime Darby Plantation is hoping that the George Weah-led government can spark one last effort to help curb the rising wave of violence on the concessionaire’s operations in Liberia. Similarly, last August Preston Nunuh, another Sime Darby Plantation security officer in Madina, was shot at and wounded on the leg with single barrel gun. Despite a buffer zone between Sime Darby and surrounding towns and villages, incidents like these are frequent. The latest comes just days after top Sime Darby executives met with President Weah. Sime Darby Plantation’s operations in Liberia is managed by Sime Darby Plantation (Liberia) Inc.

Source: Front Page Africa February 19, 2019 00:45 UTC