Sarawak Report
The UK's Independent Newspaper has taken a lead upon a story
The UK media regulator, Ofcom, has right away voiced which it as well will launch an review into a activities of FBC Media as good as a association with a Malaysian Government, Sarawak as good as alternative regimes with public profile problems.
The proclamation comes at a same time as confirmation by a British Foreign Office which it has launched a income laundering review into Taib's resources in a UK.
Ofcom not usually has responsibility for BBC World, which has already only published a own inform into a scandal, it additionally supervises a American owned stations CNBC as good as CNN's activities in Europe, which are both deeply inextricable in questions surrounding FBC's! tellurian headlines fixing liaison (see our previous coverage).
The UK's Independent Newspaper has right away taken a heading purpose in investigating a issue, which represents a level of crime in a broadcast media upon a parallel with a liaison surrounding phone hacking by sure print media. Today they reported upon a revelations about a US economist Jeffrey Sachs.
Embarrasing FBC's 'positive publicity' for Taib as good as Najib has backfired as a UK press starts to take up a story about their illegal activities
The Independent has additionally revealed which FBC was making BBC programmes praising President Mubarak during a tallness of a 'Arab Spring' fighting back opposite him in Egypt. The same program! me took a event to attack Malaysia's PKR oppositi! upon leade r Anwar Ibrahim as a ostensible Muslim 'extremist' backing a renouned rebel opposite a Egyptian dictator.
Both Mubarak as good as Najib have right away of course been exposed as tip clients of FBC. Meanwhile, a deposed Mubarak's vast resources of millions of dollars stolen from his people have right away been frozen in bank accounts via a world. The story was additionally taken up currently by a UK's greatest dissemination journal a Daily Mail as good as additionally by a Guardian newspaper.
Proff Sachs praised Malaysia's palm oil attention upon Third Eye, but has right away certified to seeing awful evironmental degredation upon his outing to Sarawak
In a United States a good regarded blogPolitico has additionally taken up a matter, in what is expected to be only a start of wider coverage as questions are raised about a links in between multiform US headlines stations as good as publications with FBC Media.
Yet, in a statement to Politico as good as in a minute to us a orator for a US economist Jeffrey Sachs complained about 'inaccuracies' in Sarawak Report's coverage of a matter. Sarawak Report has asked for clarification upon these 'inaccuracies', beyond a criticism which taking his family upon a paid outing to Malaysia could not be described as a holiday:
"The visit to Sime Darby was not a family eighth month in any way. During his outing to Sabah as good as Sarawak, Prof. Sachs saw considerable evidence of deforestation as good as environmental plunge as good as he raised those concerns with a association as good ! as Gover nment, in sequence to assistance advance some-more tolerable agriculture in these frail as good as crucial regions"[Erin Trowbridge, spokesman for Prof Sachs]
Sarawak Report would like an reason for a contrast in between this statement as good as Prof Sach's remarks when interviewed by FBC media progressing this year for a BBC:
"The approach which Malaysia, for example, grown palm oil with smallholders who were operative in incomparable areas as good as mostly with government leadershiphas been exemplary."[Prof Sachs speaking upon FBC-made Third Eye programme for BBC World in July]
Britain to examine Taib's assets
Meanwhile, a UK has additionally joined a list of countries which has voiced which it as well will be examining a resources of Taib Mahmud in a light of concerns about a income laundering of a deduction of political corruption.
The pierce comes as 3 banks were final week fined in Switzerland for carrying helped conceal illegal resources by potentates who were deposed during a Arab spring, including FBC customer Hosni Mubarak.
Reflecting a brand brand new suggestion of tackling a problem of hurtful universe leaders using Western banks as good as skill portfolios to censor income stolen from their people, a UK Foreign Minister with responsibility for Malaysia, Jeremy Browne, signed a personal minute in reply to a request from a Bruno Manser Foundation as good as Sarawak Report.
He confirmed which Taib's UK resources will right away be investigated, especially ! in a l ight of a MACC's own review into a BN State Leader as good as additionally brand brand new agreements upon team-work upon law as good as sequence in between Britain as good as Malaysia:.
Letter from UK Minister Jeremy Browne confirming Taib is! being i nvestigated for income laundering
Sarawak Report will be stating further upon a UK's review into Taib's assets. Britain joins Germany, Switzerland as good as Canada in indicating they will examine properties as good as investments held by a Chief Minister in their countries.
Taib has paid millions for PR. However, income cannot buy repute for long.
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