U.S. President George W. Bush ordered Friday to extend by one year a freeze on the assets of former Liberian president Charles Taylor and members of his regime and family.
"Charles Taylor is today standing trial in The Hague by the Special Court for Sierra Leone," Bush said in an executive order renewing a freeze he first imposed in July 2004.
"However, stability in Liberia is still fragile. The actions and policies of Charles Taylor and others have left a legacy of destruction that still has the potential to undermine Liberia's transformation and recovery," Bush said.
Taylor, 59, was Liberia's president between 1997 and 2003. He is accused of involvement in the civil war in neighboring Sierra Leone in the 1990s. He faces 11 charges of war crimes and crimes against humanity at the United Nations Special Court for Sierra Leone.
Source: Xinhua
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