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Swiss MP Questions UBS’ Role In Malaysian Timber Corruption
Tuesday, 8 May 2012, 12:25 pm | Bruno Manser Fund
Swiss MP Questions UBS’ Role In Malaysian Timber Corruption Scandal Lawmaker Carlo Sommaruga quizzes Swiss government over legal assistance given in money-laundering affair involving Musa Aman, head of government of the Malaysian state of Sabah More >>
Norwegian Manager Accused Of Duping Borneo Natives
Thursday, 22 March 2012, 3:16 pm | Bruno Manser Fund
Torstein Dale Sjotveit, the Norwegian CEO of Sarawak Energy Bhd (SEB), a state-owned Malaysian power supplier, has come under fire for systematically withholding information on the implementation of twelve planned dams in the East Malaysian state of Sarawak ... More >>
Malaysian Deputy Trade Minister US$20m In Public Contracts
Tuesday, 28 February 2012, 10:15 am | Bruno Manser Fund
The family of Jacob Dungau Sagan has bagged public contracts worth more than 20 million US dollars - Corruption is believed to be the main motive behind the politician's support for the controversial Baram dam project in his own constituency More >>
Malaysian Minister Accused Of Drowning His Own Constituency
Friday, 24 February 2012, 1:42 pm | Bruno Manser Fund
Jacob Dungau Sagan, Malaysian Deputy Minister of International Trade and Industry and Member of Parliament for Baram, is under increasing pressure over government plans to construct another mega dam in Sarawak’s Upper Baram region on Borneo. ... More >>
Sarawak: First Pictures From Sealed-Off Bakun Dam Zone
Thursday, 23 February 2012, 10:26 am | Bruno Manser Fund
Exclusive: First Pictures From Sealed-Off Bakun Dam Zone Reveal Social And Environmental Disaster Bruno Manser Fund investigation in the Bakun dam’s exclusion zone shows increased poverty due to Malaysia’s disaster dam – Displaced indigenous communities ... More >>
Malaysian Indigenous Leaders Launch Campaign Against Dams
Thursday, 23 February 2012, 9:41 am | Bruno Manser Fund
Bruno Manser Fund, Basel, Switzerland International Rivers, Berkeley, Us The Borneo Project, Oakland, Us Rainforest Foundation Norway, Oslo, Norway More >>
Malaysian Indigenous Leaders Launch Campaign Against Dams
Wednesday, 22 February 2012, 4:27 pm | Bruno Manser Fund
Bruno Manser Fund, Basel, Switzerland International Rivers, Berkeley, Us The Borneo Project, Oakland, Us Rainforest Foundation Norway, Oslo, Norway More >>
Bruno Manser Fund Releases Secret Sarawak Dam Map
Monday, 20 February 2012, 10:04 am | Bruno Manser Fund
Malaysian government to displace 20,000 Borneo natives for the proposed Baram dam - 26 villages and 412 square kilometres of tropical rainforest to be flooded More >>
Al Jazeera Investigation Confirms Power Glut In Sarawak
Friday, 17 February 2012, 2:30 pm | Bruno Manser Fund
An investigative report by the Doha-based global news broadcaster Al Jazeera broadcast this morning confirms that the Malaysian state of Sarawak is facing a massive power glut following the completion of the Bakun dam, Asia’s largest hydropower dam outside ... More >>
International NGO Coalition Condemns Malaysian Dam Plans
Friday, 17 February 2012, 11:05 am | Bruno Manser Fund
(MIRI, SARAWAK/MALAYSIA) An international NGO coalition that includes organizations from the US, Norway and Switzerland is showing its solidarity with Malaysian groups who are protesting against the construction of twelve hydroelectric dams in the Malaysian ... More >>
Bruno Manser Fund condemns Malaysia over Anwar appeal
Saturday, 21 January 2012, 3:21 pm | Bruno Manser Fund
The Bruno Manser Fund condemns Malaysia’s Attorney General for appealing against the acquittal of opposition leader Anwar Ibrahim on sodomy charges. Anwar was cleared earlier this month of charges he had sex with a young male former aide by the Kuala ... More >>
Media Release: Interpol Replies To Taib Arrest Call
Wednesday, 4 January 2012, 12:05 pm | Bruno Manser Fund
The International Criminal Police Organization (INTERPOL) says international police action against Malaysian potentate Abdul Taib Mahmud "may be activated only by the decision of the competent domestic authorities" - Malaysian authorities ... More >>
WWF asked to cut ties with corrupt Malaysian loggers
Tuesday, 9 August 2011, 2:20 pm | Bruno Manser Fund
The Bruno Manser Fund and the Australian Greens leader, Senator Bob Brown, are calling on the World Wide Fund For Nature (WWF) to suspend its cooperation with the Malaysian Ta Ann group for its close association with the Taib family, one of South East Asia's ... More >>
Conservationist released after climbing logging vessel
Tuesday, 3 May 2011, 12:16 pm | Bruno Manser Fund
An Australian conservationist who had climbed the crane of a vessel loading veneer for Malaysian timber giant Ta Ann has been released from custody today at 4:30 pm local time. More >>
FBI Seattle to see embarrassing anti-corruption protest
Sunday, 27 February 2011, 9:47 pm | Bruno Manser Fund
SEATTLE / SAN FRANCISCO (US) The global campaign against Sarawak's billionaire Chief Minister-cum-illegal logging tycoon, Abdul Taib Mahmud ("Taib"), is gaining further momentum. Yesterday, human rights groups and environmental campaigners in the US ... More >>
