ADELAIDE, September 10, 2015 -The Bruno Manser Fund's
campaign for the recovery of stolen assets to Sarawak, Malaysia, has gained
traction today with extensive media reports on the alleged laundering of $30
million.
BMF executive director Lukas Straumann and Jenny Weber of
the Bob Brown Foundation briefed the press in a boardroom of the Adelaide
Hilton hotel this morning on the dodgy origins of the funds with which the
Hilton was purchased in 1994.
From left: Lukas Straumann, Mark Parnell and Jenny Weber in
South Australia's corridors of power
In the afternoon, South Australian Greens MP Mark Parnell
brought the issue to the attention of South Australia's Legislative Council,
the Upper House.
A motion was placed in the Legislative Council in which
the South Australian government is asked "to freeze all assets owned by
those named in the campaign in South Australia, consistent with South
Australia's unexplained wealth legislation, where no credible explanation for
the lawful origin of that wealth can be given".
Parnell also said the issue should be brought to the
attention of "approriate Federal Govenrment and law enforcement
agencies."
Tomorrow, the Bruno Manser Fund's " Asset Recovery
Australia Tour" will continue in Canberra where Lukas Straumann and Jenny
Weber will meet up with eight senators and MPs from different parties to
discuss appropriate political and legal steps that could be undertaken in
Australia.
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