BFM (Malaysia) | 20 December 2013
UK’s Equatorial Palm Oil accused of human rights abuses in Liberia
Interview with Natalie Ashworth, Global Witness
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We spoke to Natalie Ashworth, the senior campainger at Global Witness about the recent allegations of UK’s Equatorial Palm Oil accused of human rights abuses in Liberia.
We also received a response from Malaysian palm oil giant Kuala Lumpur Kepong Bhd (KLK) whom recently became the majority shareholder of the company although it was not a shareholder at the time of the alleged violence on the matter.
The land by Boegbor, a town in district four in Grand Bassa County, Liberia has been leased by the government to Equatorial Palm Oil for 50 years. (Photo: Wade C.L. Williams/IP)
UK’s Equatorial Palm Oil accused of human rights abuses in Liberia
Interview with Natalie Ashworth, Global Witness
Listen
We spoke to Natalie Ashworth, the senior campainger at Global Witness about the recent allegations of UK’s Equatorial Palm Oil accused of human rights abuses in Liberia.
We also received a response from Malaysian palm oil giant Kuala Lumpur Kepong Bhd (KLK) whom recently became the majority shareholder of the company although it was not a shareholder at the time of the alleged violence on the matter.
