Bilong Oyau braces against the harsh wind and drifting snowflakes of his first Canadian winter, more than 14,000 kilometres from the lush Malaysian rainforest he calls home. BMF and the Malaysian activists allege Sakto Corp., based in Ottawa, may have amassed its fortune in part by laundering money from corruption in the Malaysian timber industry. Sakto and Taib Murray have continuously denied the allegations, which haven’t been proven in court. “There is a money trail coming straight to Canada,” said Harrison Ngau, a former Malaysian MP from Sarawak, part of the group in Toronto. “If the plaintiffs’evidence is correct, there may be very significant criminal misconduct being committed here in aid of corrupt foreign official(s),” wrote Ontario Superior Court Justice F.L.

Source: thestar February 04, 2018 22:41 UTC