According to the paper, outsiders have been “on a rampage” over the last several months, illegally tapping natural rubber trees on Firestone Plantation grounds. Allegedly, this illegal activity has also resulted in the deaths of five Plantation contractors and injuries to dozens of company employees.
The Times reported that a company spokesman told a Monrovian radio station that unless the Liberian government addresses the security problems at the facility, the company would have to consider closing down.