Firm prevented exporting own logs dares the STIA

Kota Kinabalu: A Forest Management Unit (FMU) company has offered to sell Sabah Timber Industries Association (STIA) members it’s commercially cultivated teak trees or plantation timber.

Boonrich Sdh Bhd, a company linked to former Chief Minister Tan Sri Harris Salleh, has 150,000 commercially cultivated teak trees in Lahad Datu and Tawau.

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