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MEDIA RELEASE
BRUNO MANSER FONDS,
Manser family shocked by
Credit Suisse involvement in million-dollar deal with Malaysian loggers
The family of missing Swiss rainforest and human rights activist Bruno
Manser is shocked to hear about the involvement of Credit Suisse in the public
listing of the Malaysian Samling group. Samling is responsible for the logging
of large areas of tropical rainforest in the Malaysian state of
„We
are shocked to learn that a Swiss bank has agreed to such a deal. The Samling
group is one of the driving forces behind the destruction of the
In the course of several search missions for his missing brother, Erich
Manser undertook extensive travels to the Penan communities living in remote
rainforest areas of
Credit Suisse, along with HSBC and the Australian Macquarie Bank, is
involved in preparations for the public listing of Samling at the Hongkong
Stock Exchange. With this step, Samling hopes to raise around 280 Million US$
in order to finance expansion and to pay off debts. A roadshow in
Bruno Manser, who was one of the most credible and charismatic rainforest
advocats, has vanished in Sarawak in May 2000. In March 2005, he was officially
declared missing by a Swiss court.
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Tel. +41 61 261 94 74
Bruno Manser Fonds
Heuberg 25
4051 Basel / Switzerland