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The disclosures come as another investor confirmed it had divested from HAGL as a result of the Global Witness findings (2). | Nov. 29, 2013 Land Forests Cambodia Laos Deutsche Bank divests from Vietnamese land grabber HAGL following Global Witness’ expose Deutsche Bank no longer holds any significant stock in Vietnamese rubber giant Hoang Anh Gia Lai (HAGL) Global Witness has learned. The decision comes after the campaign group’s research revealed a wide range of environmental and human rights abuses in HAGL’s plantations in Cambodia and Laos. | Nov. 13, 2013 Land Cambodia Laos Global Witness calls for investors to drop Vietnamese rubber giant HAGL over failure to reform on land grabs Vietnamese rubber giant Hoang Anh Gia Lai (HAGL) has failed to keep to commitments to address environmental and human rights abuses in its plantations in Cambodia and Laos, Global Witness said today. The campaign group says the company now poses a financial and reputational risk to its investors, including Deutsche Bank and the International Finance Corporation, and recommends they divest. | Aug. 28, 2013 Land Forests Cambodia Dropped murder case demonstrates continued impunity over Cambodian forest destruction A provincial court in Cambodia has acquitted a military policeman and his wife who stood accused of the brutal murder of a journalist investigating the country’s illegal timber trade. Hang Serei Oudom’s mutilated body was found in the boot of his car in Ratanakiri Province on 11th September 2012. Captain An Bunheng and his wife were arrested in relation to the death but have been acquitted today due to insufficient evidence. | Aug. 9, 2013 Land Cambodia Arsenal F.C. gets ‘Yellow Card’ on links to suspected human rights abuses Club ignoring concerns over Vietnamese-academy partner’s land grabbing and human rights abuses Arsenal F.C. appears unwilling to prevent a key Vietnamese academy partner company trading on its name whilst accused of widespread environmental and human rights abuses in Cambodia and Laos, said Global Witness today. | May 11, 2013 Land Forests Laos Cambodia International Finance Corporation and Deutsche Bank bankrolling Vietnamese land grabs in Cambodia and Laos Click here to read the report and watch the film The International Finance Corporation (IFC) and Deutsche Bank are financing Vietnamese rubber companies driving a wave of land and forest "grabs" in Cambodia and Laos, according to a new report and film by Global Witness. | April 25, 2013 Land Forests Cambodia Cambodia marks 1 year anniversary of Chut Wutty’s murder Global Witness joins Cambodian activists and citizens in commemorating the death of Chut Wutty, the Director of environmental watchdog Natural Resource Protection Group (NRPG), who was murdered a year ago today by military police while investigating illegal logging and land seizures. | April 2, 2013 Land Corruption & Money Laundering Malaysia 镜头下的砂拉越统治阶层:揭开马来西亚腐败的面纱 本文须严格保密,直至格林威治时间2013年3月19日(星期二)上午三点 镜头下的砂拉越统治阶层:揭开马来西亚腐败的面纱 English version 全球见证今天发布的最新调查结果,揭露了马来西亚最大的州——砂拉越政府深入体制内的腐败和非法行径。这部纪录片首次披露了统治该州的泰益家族及其律师用以避开马来西亚法律和税收的手段,以及他们如何践踏原住民利益,攫取巨额财富,并将其不义之财藏匿于新加坡。 经过数十年工业采伐和种植园开发,砂拉越的森林数量只剩下原来的百分之五,但目前其热带原木出口量仍然比南美和非洲加起来都要多。砂拉越的首席部长泰益玛目统治该州已长达三十年,控制着土地分配和林业许可证的发放大权,他滥用该权力为其家族和同党谋利已人尽皆知。 | March 15, 2013 Land Forests Corruption in Malaysia laid bare as investigation catches Sarawak’s ruling elite on camera 简体中文 | March 14, 2013 Land Release of Mam Sonando provides welcome reprieve as Cambodia’s land grabbing crisis worsens Global Witness welcomes today’s ruling by Cambodia’s Court of Appeal to free longstanding government critic Mam Sonando. The decision provides a glimmer of light in the fight to end the repression of activists who speak out against the state-sponsored land grabbing crisis gripping the country. Show Previous 10 Show Next 10