Category Archives: Bruno Manser Fund

BMF: Swiss probing Sabah CM for money laundering

Posted on April 22, 2012 by

An international investigation into money-laundering involving Swiss bank UBS and Sabah Chief Minister Musa Aman is currently underway, said the Bruno Manser Fund (BMF) today. “The Office of the Attorney General of Switzerland has confirmed on Friday that Switzerland has … Continue reading →

Posted in Bruno Manser Fund, Sabah, Sarawak Report

Floating homes Taib does not want others to see

Posted on February 23, 2012 by

Devastating poverty and squalor for the Ukit people who lost their lands to Taib’s self-enriching project Bruno Manser Fund These are the scenes they have been trying to hide, by setting up an exclusion zone to prevent NGOs and journalists … Continue reading →

Posted in Bruno Manser Fund, Sarawak, The Taib family

‘It’s really unbelievable; Taib’s family controls Sarawak’

Posted on December 29, 2011 by

Jessica Dacey Swiss-based Bruno Manser Fund’s revelations of Sarawak Chief Minister Taib Mahmud’s billion dollar business empire is not going to let-up in 2012. After two decades of environmental campaigning for Malaysia’s Penan tribe (in Sarawak) the Bruno Manser Fund … Continue reading →

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Taib family’s fortune ‘RM4.6bil in Malaysia alone’

Posted on December 8, 2011 by

By Keruah Usit Sarawak’s Chief Minister Abdul Taib Mahmud famously boasted that he has more money than he can ever spend. A Swiss NGO campaigning against corruption in Sarawak, the Bruno Manser Fund, has now fleshed out this assertion. The … Continue reading →

Posted in Bruno Manser Fund, Corporate world, Corruption, Taib Mahmud aka The Termite, The Taib family

BMF exposes Sarawak CM’s ‘foreign helpers’

Posted on October 29, 2011 by

Bruno Manser Fund In a name and shame exercise, native rights advocacy group Bruno Manser Fund (BMF) has issuedd a “blacklist” of individuals it claimed are “secret foreign helpers” of Sarawak Chief Minister Abdul Taib Mahmud. These “helpers”, the BMF … Continue reading →

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Wanted: Taib’s international helpers

Posted on October 26, 2011 by

By Clare Rewcastle Brown Swiss-based NGO, Bruno Manser Fund, has compiled the names of people who have aided Taib Mahmud’s journey in acquiring his immense wealth. For too long the destruction of the Sarawak rainforest and the land grabs against … Continue reading →

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Australia’s Kevin Rudd alerts Attorney General over Taib family activities

Posted on September 30, 2011 by

bmf@bmf.ch Dear friends,Ladies and Gentlemen, We would like to briefly update you on the latest developments on the Bruno Manser Fund’s international Stop Timber Corrupting campaign: – Australia’s Foreign Minister and former Primer Minister, Kevin Rudd, has replied to a … Continue reading →

Posted in Bruno Manser Fund, Corruption, Sarawak Report, Taib Mahmud aka The Termite, The Taib family

Canberra challenged to probe Ta Ann’s investment in Tasmania

Posted on September 29, 2011 by

Sarawak Report The leader of the Australian Green Party, Senator Bob Brown, has invited the Editor of Sarawak Report to Hobart, in order to speak about corruption in Sarawak this week. The senator is a representative from Tasmania, where the Taib-linked … Continue reading →

Posted in Bruno Manser Fund, Sarawak Report, Taib Mahmud aka The Termite, The Taib family

UK govt ‘monitoring’ Taib’s dealings

Posted on September 20, 2011 by

By FMT staff KUCHING: The United Kingdom, it appears, is becoming less indulgent of Sarawak Chief Minister Taib Mahmud and his “laundering” of timber proceeds. The latest indication was during the debate in the House of Lords last Tuesday. Famed … Continue reading →

Posted in Bruno Manser Fund, Corruption, Taib Mahmud aka The Termite, The Taib family

Canada alerted to Taib’s ‘dirty’ assets

Posted on September 16, 2011 by

By Sued Jaymal Zahid KUALA LUMPUR: Swiss-based NGO, Bruno Manser Fund (BMF), claimed that the Canadian government is taking a keen interest in complaints raised by BMF about Sarawak Chief Minister Taib Mahmud’s alleged money-laundering activities in Canada. The BMF, … Continue reading →

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When a CM is investigated by a foreign gov’t

Posted on September 13, 2011 by

‘In future, all these corrupt politicians who stash their laundered money far away or in someone’s name are slowly going to be exposed.’ Germany orders money-laundering probe on Taib Onyourtoes: Dear PM, if a foreign government, indeed a very respectable … Continue reading →

Posted in Bruno Manser Fund, Najib Abdul Razak, Sarawak, Taib Mahmud aka The Termite, The Taib family

Germany orders money-laundering probe on Taib

Posted on September 12, 2011 by

Germany’s Finance Ministry has ordered an investigation into business relations between the family of Sarawak Chief Minister Abdul Taib Mahmud and Deutsche Bank, for any element of money-laundering. Swiss-based NGO Bruno Manser Fund (BMF), which has been calling for the … Continue reading →

Posted in Bruno Manser Fund, Corruption, Taib Mahmud aka The Termite, The Taib family

FBI pressured to stop backing Malaysian potentate Taib

Posted on August 27, 2011 by

A Bruno Manser Fund report Western NGOs are increasing the pressure on the United States’ federal police for its ties with Malaysian potentate Abdul Taib Mahmud, one of South-East Asia’s longest-serving and most corrupt politicians (Basel / San Francisco / … Continue reading →

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Monaco royalty asked to reject Rosmah’s donation

Posted on July 1, 2011 by

By Regina Lee A non-government organisation has called on Monaco ruler Prince Albert II to pay back the 100,000 euro donation made by the Malaysian prime minister’s wife, Rosmah Mansor. The Bruno Manser Fund (BMF), a Swiss environmental advocacy group, … Continue reading →

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