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Liberiaâs Minister of Information Denies Allegation Deputy Speaker Was Under
House Arrest

   Ernie Thompson | Washington, DC 11 July 2010

   Liberiaâs   Minister  of  health  has  refuted  allegations  that  the
   countryâs deputy Speaker has been placed under house arrest.
   A  BBC  report  Saturday  said  Mr. Togba Mulbah had been placed under
   house arrest for allegedly ordering the beating of a policeman.

   According to the report the deputy speaker had been placed under house
   arrest  for  allegedly ordering the beating of a policeman. The report
   said Mr. Mulbah denied the allegations.
   However,  Liberiaâs   Minister   of  Information,  Cletus  Sieh told
   Nightlineâs  Akwei  Thompson  the  deputy  speaker had not been placed
   under house arrest.

   Sieh  said  Mulbah  had  been  called  to a scene where the police had
   stopped  a  truck  driving  without  lights.  He said some men who had
   accompanied  the  deputy  speaker  to  the  scene  beat  up the police
   officer.

   âBased  on  that,  the police went to his home to get a statement from
   him  since he is the deputy speaker and they did not want to just drag
   him to the police station, the minister explained.â

   Sieh said the matter will be investigated.

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