"Two Liberian deputy Cabinet ministers who were arrested last month when a coup plot was announced have been killed, relatives of the men said Tuesday.
The ministers were arrested June 5 about the time President Charles Taylor announced he had uncovered the plot.
Relatives said they were informed that Issac Nuhan Vaye, deputy minister of public works, and John Winpoe Yormie, deputy minister of national security, were killed.
Harrison Karnwea, a cousin of Yormie's, said Taylor informed the relatives Sunday that the men died in circumstances that needed to be investigated. He said Taylor did not elaborate...
``In Liberia our security (forces) do not shoot you ... they pluck (out) your eyes, they cut off your ears and they cut out your tongue,'' said Vaye's widow, Suzana, who wept as she met with reporters. "
Could Taylor be sorting out a few old scores / removing witnesses before his departure?
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