Report: Sarawakian logging firms party to Papua New Guinea’s deforestation
Tuesday, 07 Jan 2020 11:16 PM MYTFile picture of logging in Oregon. Sarawak Report wrote that Malaysian companies from Sarawak are allegedly trespassing while carrying out logging activities in Papua New Guinea and contributing towards deforestation in the island nation. — Reuters pic
“Testimonies gathered by SR from numerous stakeholders in PNG demonstrate that vast tracts of land have been handed to Sarawakian loggers through a combination of bribery of local officials and coercion of indigenous landowners, who were not granted their rights to free, prior and informed consent ,” it added.
It claimed that local environmentalists were outraged when Tiong was awarded an honorary knighthood in 2009 for “services to commerce, the community and charitable organisations in Papua New Guinea” and demanded that he be stripped of the title. “The report also exposed ‘massive tax evasion and financial misreporting’ allegedly resulting in the non-payment of hundreds of millions of dollars in taxes by the Group.
The late senior Wong was also the uncle of RHG founder Tiong. Before venturing out on his own, Tiong had worked for his uncle first. The report also named Amanab 56 Timber Investments Limited as one of the other culprits behind the deforestation and environmental devastation in Papua New Guinea.
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