PHOTO: Moses Owen Brown, Liberia Rep. to the IMO
Two officials of Liberia Maritime Authority, including the country’s permanent Representative to the International Maritime Organization (IMO) are arrested in South Korea for alleged rape.
Not much details are known, but the alleged act is said to have occurred this week, while the two officials, Moses Owen Browne and Daniel Tarr were attending an IMO training and study visit in Korea.
It is not yet known who the rape victims are or circumstances surround the crime, which is a nonbailable offense in their home country, Liberia.
Liberian President George Manneh Weah sometime ago declared rape a national emergency.
FULL TEXT OF A PRESS RELEASE FROM THE MARITIME AUTHORITY TODAY, FRIDAY
PRESS RELEASE
LiMA VOWS FULL COOPERATION WITH KOREAN AUTHORITIES IN RAPE ALLEGATIONS OF 2 OFFICIALS
(Monrovia – September 23, 2022) The Liberia Maritime Authority (LiMA), has received with grave concern reports of the arrest on allegations of sexual assault and rape by two staffers of LiMA in the Port City of Busan, South Korea.
The two Officials, Mr. Moses Owen Browne (Liberia’s Permanent Representative to the IMO) and Mr. Daniel Tarr (Director of the Department of Marine Environmental Protection), were in South Korea attending the International Maritime Organization (IMO) GHG SMART Practical Training and Study Visit (September 19-23, 2022) when this alleged incident occurred.
LiMA unequivocally maintains a zero tolerance stance on any and all types of sexual and gender-based offenses, and views these allegations of the conduct of its Officials as most egregious, having no place in any civilized society.
Liberia Maritime Authority will fully cooperate with the Government of the Republic of South Korea in the investigation of this incident and vows to take appropriate actions, pursuant to national and international laws.
Signed: ____________________________
Gola M. Traub
DIRECTOR
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