A Liberian opposition politician, Ellen Johnson-Sirleaf, fled arrest after staging an illegal weekend rally, the Star newspaper said today. The paper said that the woman, a former Citibank vice president whose case has drawn attention in the United States, held the rally in Buchanan, about 70 miles from Monrovia, without a permit.
Her arrest was ordered by the local Senator, Charles Williams, who was quoted as having said that he would have personally jailed her if she had been caught by the police. She was one of more than 20 political prisoners released from jail by President Samuel Doe last month after being held in connection with an attempted coup in November 1985. The prisoners were told to stay in Liberia.
Source: New York Times
