Exclusive – The Taibs Own Ridgeford Properties Limited, London Racehorses, residences in swanky Fitzrovia and offices bang next door to the Bank of England. Yes, the Taibs are in London too. In this latest exclusive investigation, Sarawak Report can reveal the full details of Ridgeford Properties Limited, a multi-million pound property company in the UK, once again owned and funded by […]
Bugatti buy-out plan Sulaiman Abdul Rahman Taib wanted to buy out Bugatti, manufacturers of the world’s most expensive cars, to add to the family’s ‘hundred businesses’, according to one of his close college friends. However, his Dad, Abdul Taib Mahmud, described as ‘Malaysian Monarchy’ by Rahman’s pal, was less enthusiastic. The Chief Minister, who clearly controls the
Over the past several days Sarawak Report has revealed a number of facts relating to the Taib Family’s vast foreign property investments. Our investigations have exposed a real estate portfolio worth hundreds of millions of US dollars in Canada, Australia and the United States and we have shown how they are owned and directed by Taib’s own brothers
Sakto Canada/ Sakti US When you have dozens of properties and as many companies to manage them it is always a good trick to stick to similar names. Sarawak Report can exclusively reveal that there is a US arm to the Taib family’s secretive North American property empire. In Ottawa, Canada the family’s interests are
Who is the owner of the Taib family’s real estate fortune? Sarawakians are entitled to a clear answer, backed by documentary evidence, as to who actually owns the Taib family’s massive property portfolio. A politician such as Abdul Taib Mahmud ought under law to be required to declare all his assets, so that he can be held accountable. However, he does
The once proud, well-trained Sarawak police force are now mere lackeys of the timber companies, as events yesterday make only too obvious. The Penan, who have been erecting peaceful jungle blockades in protest at the savage destruction of their hereditory lands, were yesterday confronted in Long Sebayang, Limbang by gun-waving policemen. They were acting on behalf of
In with the Government in Canada The Taib family’s local acumen in channelling government expenditure into their business activities appears to have extended into Canada, according to the information gathered by Sarawak Report into their Canadian property empire. Locating at Sakto Their company Sakto’s success in attracting tenancies from state organisations funded by the Canadian tax payer can only be described as enviably impressive. Their
Canadian properties worth in excess of a hundred million dollars Twin glass towers and a swish shopping complex at Preston Square in downtown Ottawa form just part of an enormous foreign property portfolio controlled in Canada by the family of Sarawak Chief Minister, Abdul Taib Mahmud, according to our exclusive investigations. These buildings alone are worth at least one hundred million dollars and generate a
Shady Dealer Lawyers for Zaid Ibrahim, PR’s disappointed candidate for Selangor, must be rubbing their hands with glee. They complained that the ruling BN party had rigged that by-election back in April and now the Prime Minister himself, Najib Razak, has got up on stage and fully admitted it! On camera! In front of hundreds and hundreds of
Who Does This Benefit? Taib Mahmud’s crazed dam-building fantasies are meeting such serious popular resistence that many are warning of meltdown, unless he shelves his monstrous plans. Affected communities are now organising determined opposition across the country. Protests against secrecy In the latest move, residents of the area affected by the proposed Baram Dam have demanded access to Environmental Impact
They came with flattery and promises of much needed investment. They used their control of the state and the media to bombard the city with propaganda and of course Flying to Freedom THREATS that if it did not vote for BN they would make sure the region was punished. But, despite all this, the people of Sibu recognised their real interests; they made a stand
Taib Mahmud’s BN pretends to hold elections. However 30 years since he took office and nearly half a century since his family gained power in Sarawak a staggering third of the electorate remains excluded from the electoral register. Mahmud has explained that his government finds it ‘very hard’ to register these people. But, if they
“If we gave them a monkey with a BN label they would vote for it!” laughed followers of Chief Minister Abdul Taib Mahmud, following his success at the last election. And there’s proof, look at his ministers – all they are good at is stealing! In West Malaysia people voted BN out in 2008, fed up with its corrupt ways. Yet
FOLLOW THE MONEY: Mega-projects in Sarawak are always about enriching the Chief Minister and his BN cronies The New Parliament Building in Kuching: There was no need for a new Parliament Building. This contentious building cost the Sarawak taxpayer MR300 million. It was money that could have been spent on what ordinary people need, like roads, clean water, electricity,
The Sarawak authorities have deliberately withheld the identity and voting rights from 60,000 people from the state’s most traditional communities living in the interior. “The reason for this is clear” explains an opposition spokesman, “These people are resisting the destruction of their lands by the timber and palm oil interests which are backed and controlled by the ruling parties.
