The son of Liberia's ex-president Ellen Johnson Sirleaf has pleaded not guilty over the unlawful printing of local currency worth millions of dollars, reports AFP news agency.
Charles Sirleaf made the plea in a court in the capital Monrovia on Monday with four other central bank officials, AFP adds.
Last year $15.5bn Liberian dollars ($104m; £82m) of freshly minted currency disappeared from Liberia's ports.
Mr Sirleaf, who was a deputy governor of Liberia's Central Bank, was charged with economic sabotage, criminal conspiracy and theft.
Then last week he was charged with a further charge of money laundering.
Specifically, he is accused of being involved in asking the Swedish printing company who printed the $104m to print a further $16m.
Source: BBC
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