Taib denies cousins his land brokers, says he goes by government procedures


KUCHING: Chief Minister Tan Sri Abdul Taib (pic) has denied his cousins' claims that they were his intermediaries for logging contracts in the state.

Taib, who was commenting on a video produced by an environmental group, Global Witness, on alleged corruption in land deals in Sarawak, said: “I saw the so-called proof. Could it not be someone trying to promote themselves to become an agent to get favours from me?

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