MONROVIA, June 9 (Reuters) - A grand jury in Liberiaindicted on Thursday the chief executive officer of the LondonAIM-listed Sable Mining, Andrew Groves, in connectionwith an alleged bribery scandal involving several seniorLiberian officials, the head of a special task force said.
President Ellen Johnson Sirleaf ordered in May an inquiryinto Sable's attempt to acquire an iron ore concession innorthern Liberia after the watchdog group Global Witness madeaccusations of wrong-doing in a report.
Also on Thursday a grand jury indicted a former head of thenational investment commission of Liberia, Richard Tolbert.
Groves and Tolbert "are to be arrested and brought to thisjurisdiction wherever they can be found", Fonati Koffa, head of the special taskforce set up by Sirleaf, said during a pressconference in Monrovia.
Four people, including Parliament speaker Alex Tyler,chairman of Sirleaf's Unity Party Varney Sherman and deputyminister of Lands, Mines and Energy Ernest C.B. Jones, wereindicted last month in that case along with Sable Mining.
They are accused of having used their positions to amendLiberia's public procurement and concessions law.
The prosecution said on Thursday there was not enoughevidence yet to indict former Sable Mining chairman PhilEdmonds, but said it believed it would be the case soon.
"All that it takes to get all of those involved incriminality in our country, including getting them throughInterpol and or extradition, will be considered", Darkue Mulbah,the lead prosecutor for the government said.
Sable Mining said last month that it had noted "the recentmedia comment and speculation regarding allegations of briberyand corruption" made against the company and said it wasinvestigating these matters. (Reporting by James Giahyue, Editing by Marine Pennetier)
