00:01Upload for Liberia's former finance minister, Samuel Tuere.
00:05The country's Supreme Court has reaffirmed that Tuere and several ex-officials are not protected from prosecution
00:11under claims of National Security Council immunity.
00:16The move clears the way for one of the country's most high-profile corruption trials in recent history.
00:22Former national security adviser Jefferson Carmeaux is among those facing trial alongside Tuere.
00:30Their charges include misuse of public money, economic sabotage and theft of property.
00:38The indictment claims that in September 2023, funds amounting to more than $1 billion
00:43were funneled from the National Security Agency's account to FIA operational accounts
00:48and then withdrawn without proper authorisation.
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