Thursday 10 September 2015

BMF's campaign gaining traction in Australia for recovery of AS$30m allegedly stolen from Sarawak

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