The chairwoman of "Survie" (Survive), Odile Tobner, said told PANA on Friday: "As a businessman exploiting forest resources, Frank Biya still keeps plundering Cameroonian forests, taking advantage of his father's position as President. This, to our mind, is unacceptable.”
She said Biya also wanted to exploit rainforests in the Central African Republic in association with a son of the country's President François Bozizé but their a pplication for a logging permit in that country was turned down as it failed to meet the legal requirements,
According to her, Biya owes hundreds of millions of CFA in tax to the Cameroonian government for his activities in the timber business.
“He owes large sums of money in tax as a result of his farming activities. He has never paid that money. We can prove that he has secured considerable assets in France, Switzerland and in Monaco, by destroying Cameroon's rainforests,” the Survie Chairwoman said.
Paris - 25/07/2009
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