A former Liberian Minister of Agriculture, Chancellor Chris Toe is requesting a civil court in Monrovia, the capital of Liberia, to fine an outrageous Two million US$ damages against privately-owned FrontPage Africannewspaper for defaming him.

The Media Foundation for West Africa (MFWA)’s correspondent in Liberia reported that the suit stems from articles published in 2009, in which the newspaper accused Toe, then the Minister of Agriculture of diverting and misapplying millions of dollars being compensation for victims of caterpillar worms invasion in Bong County and ex-combatants working on rubber plantations in Bomi and Cape Mount Counties.

The court in Monrovia on February 3, 2011 began hearing of the case in which, the correspondent said led to his forced resignation in May 2009.

The correspondent said theFrontPage Africannewspaper in addition to the articles, published several documents to back its claim,which prompted President Ellen Sirleaf Johnson to angrily question the minister in public.