KUALA LUMPUR: Sime Darby Plantation Bhd (SDP) has started legal action against Duncan Jepson, the managing director of Liberty Shared, a non-governmental organisation (NGO), over his allegations of forced labour in its plantations.
In a filing with Bursa Malaysia, SDP said the legal action – the first time in its 200-year history against an NGO -- was to obtain important information pertaining to Jepson’s complaint with the Securities Commission.
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