Saturday, October 15, 2016

Leonardo DiCaprio urged to quit as UN climate advocate over 1MDB links...

SWITZERLAND-based rainforest charity Bruno Manser Fonds (BMF) has demanded that Hollywood A-list actor Leonardo DiCaprio’s resign as UN Messenger of Peace for climate change over his refusal to come clean on his alleged links to those embroiled in the 1Malaysia Development Berhad (1MDB) financial scandal.
In a statement after a press conference in London on Friday, the group repeated its charge that the Oscar-winning actor may have benefited from funds allegedly siphoned from the troubled investment fund founded by Malaysia’s Prime Minister Najib Razak.
According to BMF, the embezzled funds were thought to have flown into DiCaprio’s production company Appian Way Productions and into the Leonardo DiCaprio Foundation. Full story...


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