The transcripts of the trial of Charles Taylor, former President of Liberia. More…
Thank you ma'am.
Yes, I made this correction.
Yes.
Shyamala.
I did not get you clearly, sir.
Yes, sir.
"The witness supplied me with the following corrections that he made in his original statement".
Yes, the things were taken to me. I read it and I was asked if there is anything I want to change.
My Lord, I said so in the presence of the Court. I asked him, "Before you could make me a major, make me a field marshall because I am a man of God." What he told me he is yet not a one star general, his boss is yet not ...
Mr Lawyer, understand me, they would be giving money and what was meant for the transport fare would be spelt out. What was meant for my family welfare when I was not there, they will say to me, "This is for your family welfare." On the way, my lunch on ...
The transportation fare they would give it to me. My welfare, my family welfare when I was not there, they would tell me. The lunch, they would tell me about it. I don't know if any of that - they would give me money, but there were times maybe it ...
Well, you see, I was given money which was 20,000 leones, but the names they did not make it clear like what I am seeing here now, lost wages, it was not clearly mentioned to me, but the money was given to me, but I don't know, I ...
10 and 11, yes, I have said that as far as the money is concerned the man who was sent to hand this money to me would give it to me. He would give it to me, Akomeh. He would pass on the money to me.
Mr Lawyer, I mean I was invited to be interviewed. They called me to be interviewed, but except you make it clear.
Mr Lawyer, I have told you that I did not record these things, so you are still inviting me along that line. I did not record these things. I could not understand for now. The only thing, I was called and I responded to the call but I did not ...
I was invited. They told me about the Special Court in The Hague here. Mr Lawyer, you see most of these things I cannot recall properly because it is not in a record with me. I don't want to tell a lie before this Court. I stand by my ...
I received it from Akomeh.
Yes, sir, they gave me that money in the morning and both of us went to the bus station and then he gave me the money. The 5,000 leones was for my meals in the week and the 35,000 leones was the transport fare to Freetown and, indeed ...
What was given to me? I cannot see it.
Yes, they met me in my village and then I asked, "I will not go because my family I have nothing to leave them", and Akomeh gave me 50,000 leones which I signed for myself, Mr Lawyer.
Mr Lawyer, all this could be true, but I am not in the office and even the times, I did not recall all the times. I did not put them on record.
Yes, Mr Lawyer. Each time they went for me, for my passage they will give it to me.
Mr Lawyer, I stand by my oath. I will not delay you. I did not count, or collect. I don't know. They will call me and give it to me. I will not call - I will not check it up and each time they call me I will do ...
Mr Lawyer, I was not able to tell the number. I did not really take note of it to be sincere. I did not really take a note of it.
When I am in Freetown, if I am brought down to Freetown every week I will receive 120,000 leones. If I was in Freetown for two weeks that was what I received, as long as I was in Freetown with the Court.
I don't know because I was sick. My head was swollen and I used to go to hospital. One of my teeth was disturbing me, so I went to extract it, so I don't know that was the area where they spent the money. To say I was ...
I was not given any money to take care of my family. They gave me money to relocate.
Mr Lawyer, I have told you that this particular inter-office memorandum it is the first time to see it and I don't work there. What I require is the medical, they would take me there. Transport, they would give it to me. Until you remind me, if it is ...
They would give me the cost of the passage from my village to the Koidu Town then I would pay. I have no money. They would give me the money and I would pay for the Honda and come to Koidu. From Koidu maybe they will put me on a ...
The area where I am I was - to get to Koidu Town is 59 miles. They would give me the passage because I had a motorcycle from Koidu. They had other businesses, I was not the only one involved, so they would send me ahead and give me passage to ...
Mr Lawyer, this is not my question because I was not in the particular office. I don't know anything about that and, in fact, I will tell you that this inter-office memorandum which you are talking to me about it is only now I have seen. This is the ...
They gave me transport. I was given the transport.
I didn't know that those are the things that will happen, but I can remember - remind you, Mr Lawyer, the time when they were asking me about Mosquito, where he was around the hills of Freetown, I know that he was using the phone, but all this I would ...
Yes, sir, I said it. I said it that I signed it.
I would not say he did not say so because I have signed it. I have signed it, I have signed the document. I would not say he did not do the correct thing, but really he left out certain errors which could be typographical errors. There are certain errors ...
Mr Lawyer, I said it. If it is not in my statement I stand by my oath. I will not deny this statement, but to be sincere with God I said it in my statement. The time when I was being interviewed I said it.
If you look at this particular statement towards the end, that is it about it. This one at Burkina and then Mosquito, then it is telling you that, so that - this is the end of it. Turn to the very first page which concerns about Mosquito, or about my going ...
I mentioned the satellite phone. I mentioned it. If you read my first statement I mention something about the satellite phone.
Concerning the satellite phone, the satellite phone, yes, it was during the time that we met so that I could tell him that that was - so that I could tell him about the satellite phone.
Yes, I told Mr Bangura.
Mr Lawyer, this particular word I said it in my statement. As long as it was a prosecution lawyer that was taking me on board in the interview - I don't know the court procedures. I don't know. Since I told him that this was what I saw, that ...
Well, that one she didn't give it to me, but she read it to me.
She gave it to me together with my whole statement I did at the Special Court. I looked at them. I saw typographical errors to which I called the attention of Shyamala and told her, "This was not like this, this is what you are supposed to use", in the ...
Yes, Shyamala had to give it to me. It was given to me and I went through.
Yes, I saw that in my file. I could recall.
Yes. The only information I gave as a continuation of my statement, it was during that time I told them that Rocky is called Emmanuel Williams.
