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Rodney Sieh is a Liberian newspaper editor. In 2005, he founded ''FrontPage Africa''. Originally an online-only publication, the newspaper began to print daily copies in 2008, expanding to a circulation of 1,500, which were collated and folded manually. ''FrontPage Africa'', Sieh, and reporter Samwar Fallah were sued for libel in 2010 by Christopher Toe, a former Agriculture Minister, who demanded US$2 million in damages; the newspaper had reported that he had embezzled millions of dollars from public funds. The World Association of Newspapers issued a statement on the paper's behalf, stating that while it had no opinion on the merits of the case itself, the amount sought was clearly punitive. The three parties were found guilty and ordered to pay the full amount. In July 2011, Sieh was notified by a government official that former government minister Willis Knuckles was attempting to have him assassinated, in retaliation for Sieh's role in reporting the sex scandal that had forced his 2007 resignation. In August 2013, Sieh was imprisoned after he was unable to pay $1.5 million in libel damages awarded to a government minister who had been sacked for corruption.〔http://www.economist.com/news/middle-east-and-africa/21585017-president-keeps-peace-fails-reduce-graft-skin-deep-success Liberia: Skin-deep success〕 Sieh was featured in a Liberia-focused episode of WNYC's program, On the Media, released on December 12th, 2014.〔http://www.onthemedia.org/story/on-the-media-2014-12-12/〕 == References == 抄文引用元・出典: フリー百科事典『 ウィキペディア（Wikipedia）』 ■ウィキペディアで「Rodney Sieh」の詳細全文を読む スポンサード リンク
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