MONROVIA, LIBERIA-Defense Lawyers’ request for foreign interpreters, mainly in Portuguese and Arabic languages, has not materialized.
The lack of foreign interpreters has become a serious contention by Defense Lawyers at Criminal Court ‘C’, in the one-hundred-million United States Dollars Cocaine case.
The two interpreters are required to translate Portuguese and Arabic languages to English, as requested by Defense Lawyers.
Three foreign nationals and a Liberian were indicted by the Liberian Government for transporting one-hundred-million USD worth of drugs to Liberia.
According ELBC Judicial Reporter, the case resumes next Monday, as court authorities exert effort to hire foreign interpreters through diplomatic channels.
