Exclusive – The Taibs Own Ridgeford Properties Limited, London Racehorses, residences in swanky Fitzrovia and offices bang next door to the Bank of England. Yes, the Taibs are in London too. In this latest exclusive investigation, Sarawak Report can reveal the full details of Ridgeford Properties Limited, a multi-million pound property company in the UK, once again owned and funded by […]
Bugatti buy-out plan Sulaiman Abdul Rahman Taib wanted to buy out Bugatti, manufacturers of the world’s most expensive cars, to add to the family’s ‘hundred businesses’, according to one of his close college friends. However, his Dad, Abdul Taib Mahmud, described as ‘Malaysian Monarchy’ by Rahman’s pal, was less enthusiastic. The Chief Minister, who clearly controls the
Over the past several days Sarawak Report has revealed a number of facts relating to the Taib Family’s vast foreign property investments. Our investigations have exposed a real estate portfolio worth hundreds of millions of US dollars in Canada, Australia and the United States and we have shown how they are owned and directed by Taib’s own brothers
Sakto Canada/ Sakti US When you have dozens of properties and as many companies to manage them it is always a good trick to stick to similar names. Sarawak Report can exclusively reveal that there is a US arm to the Taib family’s secretive North American property empire. In Ottawa, Canada the family’s interests are
Who is the owner of the Taib family’s real estate fortune? Sarawakians are entitled to a clear answer, backed by documentary evidence, as to who actually owns the Taib family’s massive property portfolio. A politician such as Abdul Taib Mahmud ought under law to be required to declare all his assets, so that he can be held accountable. However, he does
The once proud, well-trained Sarawak police force are now mere lackeys of the timber companies, as events yesterday make only too obvious. The Penan, who have been erecting peaceful jungle blockades in protest at the savage destruction of their hereditory lands, were yesterday confronted in Long Sebayang, Limbang by gun-waving policemen. They were acting on behalf of
In with the Government in Canada The Taib family’s local acumen in channelling government expenditure into their business activities appears to have extended into Canada, according to the information gathered by Sarawak Report into their Canadian property empire. Locating at Sakto Their company Sakto’s success in attracting tenancies from state organisations funded by the Canadian tax payer can only be described as enviably impressive. Their
Canadian properties worth in excess of a hundred million dollars Twin glass towers and a swish shopping complex at Preston Square in downtown Ottawa form just part of an enormous foreign property portfolio controlled in Canada by the family of Sarawak Chief Minister, Abdul Taib Mahmud, according to our exclusive investigations. These buildings alone are worth at least one hundred million dollars and generate a
Shady Dealer Lawyers for Zaid Ibrahim, PR’s disappointed candidate for Selangor, must be rubbing their hands with glee. They complained that the ruling BN party had rigged that by-election back in April and now the Prime Minister himself, Najib Razak, has got up on stage and fully admitted it! On camera! In front of hundreds and hundreds of
Who Does This Benefit? Taib Mahmud’s crazed dam-building fantasies are meeting such serious popular resistence that many are warning of meltdown, unless he shelves his monstrous plans. Affected communities are now organising determined opposition across the country. Protests against secrecy In the latest move, residents of the area affected by the proposed Baram Dam have demanded access to Environmental Impact
They came with flattery and promises of much needed investment. They used their control of the state and the media to bombard the city with propaganda and of course Flying to Freedom THREATS that if it did not vote for BN they would make sure the region was punished. But, despite all this, the people of Sibu recognised their real interests; they made a stand
Taib Mahmud’s BN pretends to hold elections. However 30 years since he took office and nearly half a century since his family gained power in Sarawak a staggering third of the electorate remains excluded from the electoral register. Mahmud has explained that his government finds it ‘very hard’ to register these people. But, if they
“If we gave them a monkey with a BN label they would vote for it!” laughed followers of Chief Minister Abdul Taib Mahmud, following his success at the last election. And there’s proof, look at his ministers – all they are good at is stealing! In West Malaysia people voted BN out in 2008, fed up with its corrupt ways. Yet
FOLLOW THE MONEY: Mega-projects in Sarawak are always about enriching the Chief Minister and his BN cronies The New Parliament Building in Kuching: There was no need for a new Parliament Building. This contentious building cost the Sarawak taxpayer MR300 million. It was money that could have been spent on what ordinary people need, like roads, clean water, electricity,
The Sarawak authorities have deliberately withheld the identity and voting rights from 60,000 people from the state’s most traditional communities living in the interior. “The reason for this is clear” explains an opposition spokesman, “These people are resisting the destruction of their lands by the timber and palm oil interests which are backed and controlled by the ruling parties.
Sarawak’s new PKR leader, Baru Bian, has called time on the age of broken promises. “After four decades”, he says, “the people of Sarawak have learnt their lesson when it comes to believing the assurances of BN”. The top lawyer, who has successfully defeated the State Government in a number of recent native landright cases,
“Our Secret Society” At Miri’s Public Forum on Damming the Baram River, 6th March, Sarawak’s new, high-profile PKR leader, Baru Bian, attacked the dishonest and alarming secrecy of BN’s dealings with China over the planned construction of 12 new dams in Sarawak. Murum – earmarked for destruction He reminded the audience that the entire mult-billion ringit project had
BN Ministers have started announcing bribes and handouts to communities, which they normally exploit and ignore. This, as everyone knows, is a sure sign an election is about to be called. Everyone also knows that BN will break the promises they are making and after years of this cynical treatment the people are fed up.
Betrayal of ordinary people Thousands of families in Sarawak have been forced from their homes and lands to make way for dams like Bakun, Batang Ai and now Murum. Worse, the promises of compensation and prosperity made to them by the BN state government of Abdul Taib Mahmud have proved worthless. The compensation, when it has been
No secret about Taib’s thieving ways Chief Minister Abdul Taib Mahmud’s methods for milking Sarawak’s wealth at the expense of its people has been documented by numerous respected international news organisations, including Bloomberg, The London Times and Al Jazeerah TV. The real scandal is that Malaysia’s forces of law and order have not long since arrested him and
Where did all the money go? What money? Why yours of course. The millions you did not know you had and still have not seen a single ringgit of. Sarawak is the richest state in Malaysia. But it has the poorest people. Did you know for instance that you own, or used to, one of the great
Legal Slap-down for Taib Mahmud Chief Minister Taib Mamud’s was humiliated by a native Iban victory in the Malaysia Federal Court last November. The Headman Nor anak Nyaway of Sungai Sekabai near the town of Bintulu won a case against the Sarawak State Government who had taken the village’s land for palm oil plantations. The judges ruled
Illegal practices Taib Mamud has kept power for 30 years by blatant election rigging says new PKR Leader Baru Bian. The top human rights lawyer, who became party leader in January, says he has amassed evidence pointing to widespread criminal behaviour by the ruling BN coalition parties, designed to pervert the outcome of numerous elections.
Members of the Sarawak Government always accuse people who criticise their policies of being enemies of ‘progress, development and modernisation’. These government policies include stripping the country of its rainforests, taking Native Customary Rights Lands from traditional communities and covering thousands of square kilometres with palm oil plantations. But who is really profiting? Taib Mamud
Excerpts From Mafrel’s Reports Into The Problems Of Gaining Birth Certificates And Voter Registration For Citizens In Rural Regions Of Sarawak – November 2009 Problems to obtain Birth Certificate Many problems caused the communities here to go without birth certificate. A major complaint is that those kids born in clinics are given birth certificates
