Swiss NGO Bruno Manser Fund (BMF) has taken legal action some of Canada’s biggest financial firms over their ties with a real estate group linked to Tun Abdul Taib Mahmud.

An Ottawa-based real estate company, Sakto Group, linked to Malaysia’s Tun Abdul Taib Mahmud has been accused of money laundering and will face the court in Toronto, Canada.

A judge at the Ontario Superior Court of Justice has recently lifted the order to seal a money laundering case linked to Taib, who is currently Sarawak Governor. Justice Frederick Myers has also ordered for the court documents to be made public.

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