This decision is the first round in a larger defamation
suit. Jamilah Taib Murray and Sean Murray, who are active in philanthropic
circles in Ottawa, are continuing to seek a permanent injunction that would ban
255 publications and 1,100 “infringing statements” allegedly made by BMF. The
Ottawa couple are specifically named as plaintiffs in the suit, as are two of
their companies, Sakto Corporation and Sakto Development Corporation.
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The BMF team after the court victory in Basel, Switzerland |
BMF, named in honour of the late Swiss environmentalist
Bruno Manser, has been running a campaign against deforestation in the Malaysian
state of Sarawak, on the island of Borneo. It claims that over many years
Jamilah Taib Murray, as the daughter of Sarawak’s chief minister, Abdul Taib
Mahmud, has received significant financial support from her father, who is
alleged to have engaged in corrupt practices in Malaysia.