A showdown between politics and business is set to unravel in the ?Land Below the Wind?.
Centred on Sabah?s lucrative timber industry, a legal tussle has begun involving the Parti Warisan Sabah-led state government, financially-struggling timber concessionaire Sabah Forest Industries Sdn Bhd (SFI), SFI?s receiver and manager Grant Thornton Consulting Sdn Bhd and Pelangi Prestasi Sdn Bhd, a company related to one of the richest bumiputras in Malaysia, Tan Sri Syed Mokhtar Albukhary.
Also Involved in the suit is China pulp and paper company Lee & Man Paper Manufacturing Ltd.
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