Rights group: Disclose 200-year deal to monetise Sabah’s tropical forest

International rights group Human Rights Watch is highlighting the lack of transparency over the Sabah state government's actions in conceding exclusive rights to over 1.98 million hectares of tropical forest that will allow a foreign company to monetise “natural capital” for 200 years.

It was calling for the disclosure of the terms and the status of the deal especially because it was still unclear how the agreement will affect the management...