Twenty months have passed since Matthew, a high-level officer at a state agency who had flagged rampant corruption to the Weah's Executives, was suspended from his position by President George Weah.
Matthew and his family are now surviving on donations from friends and family. He has been unable to find another job. (Matthew asked that his name be withheld for fear of further retaliation.)
"I have tried to seek employment in other places," Matthew said in an interview at an undisclosed location. "I have sat interviews, but they could not give me the job because of this. My family, and I are going through a lot since this situation created serious hardship for us. I can barely support my family. My kids are denied education this academic year due to a lack of funding."
Matthew is one of a growing list of whistleblowers - people who speak out about corruption inside the government - who said they have lost their jobs and gone into hiding or exile after they experienced retaliation for reporting alleged corruption in the Sirleaf and Weah administrations.
No organization - government or civil society - keeps a database of cases.
New Narratives was able to find twelve cases of government whistleblowers in the last 14 years. Four lost their jobs, seven wound up dead in circumstances their families say were suspicious.
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