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Book detailing corruption allegations against Malaysian ruler moves forward
2014-11-05 02:13:00| Climate Ark Climate Change & Global Warming Newsfeed
Mongabay: A book alleging massive corruption by Sarawak's long-time ruler, Abdul Taib bin Mahmud, is being released despite apparent legal threats against the book's publisher and author. Money Logging, written by the Bruno Manser Fund's executive director Lukas Straumann, argues that Taib and his associates made billions of dollars by auctioning off Sarawak's rainforests to loggers and palm oil companies since the early 1980s. The allegations aren't new, but the book provides new details on Taib's dealings...
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Shell begins oil production from Malaysian Gumusut-Kakap platform
2014-10-09 01:00:00| Offshore Technology
Shell has begun oil production at the Gumusut-Kakap floating platform, which is in waters of up to 1,200m, offshore Malaysia.
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Murphy Oil to sell 30% of Malaysian oil and gas assets for $2bn
2014-10-01 01:00:00| Offshore Technology
Murphy Oil has agreed to sell 30% of its Malaysian oil and gas assets to PT Pertamina Malaysia Eksplorasi Produksi for $2bn.
"Forced labour" rife in Malaysian electronics factories - report
2014-09-17 09:00:26| Electronics - Topix.net
Nearly a third of some 350,000 workers in Malaysia's electronics industry - a crucial link in the international consumer supply chain - suffer from conditions of modern-day slavery such as debt bondage, according to a study funded by the U.S. Department of Labor. The survey by Verite, an international labour rights group, found that abuse of workers' rights - particularly the tens of thousands from low-wage countries like Nepal, Myanmar and Indonesia - was rife in a $75 billion sector that is a mainstay of the Southeast Asian country's export-driven economy.
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'Forced labor' rife in Malaysian electronics factories - report
2014-09-17 09:00:25| Electronics - Topix.net
Nearly a third of some 350,000 workers in Malaysia's electronics industry - a crucial link in the international consumer supply chain - suffer from conditions of modern-day slavery such as debt bondage, according to a study funded by the U.S. Department of Labor. The survey by Verite, an international labor rights group, found that abuse of workers' rights - particularly the tens of thousands from low-wage countries like Nepal, Myanmar and Indonesia - was rife in a $75 billion sector that is a mainstay of the Southeast Asian country's export-driven economy.
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