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Global Witness claims the company has bypassed provincial approvals, ignored landowner consent, and failed to plant the promised rubber trees while exporting millions of dollars in timber to China and Japan. The investigation links the operation to the Joinland Group and identifies several international financial institutions in Malaysia, Singapore, Norway, and the US that provide funding or investment to the entities involved.","ai_generated":true,"unit":"glowit-000202#summary","date_modified":"2026-10-23"},"key_insights":[{"text":"The Pohowa Integrated Agro-Forestry Project on Manus Island is allegedly a cover for illegal logging, with evidence showing that while the company claimed to be establishing a rubber plantation, it had cleared fewer than 100 hectares for planting as of January 2020, while conducting selective logging across approximately 1,000 hectares.","ai_generated":true,"unit":"glowit-000202#insight-1","date_modified":"2026-10-23"},{"text":"Maxland (PNG) Limited appears to have obtained its clearance permit unlawfully by overruling the Manus Provincial Forest Management Committee, which had rejected the application due to land disputes and overlaps with community conservation zones.","ai_generated":true,"unit":"glowit-000202#insight-2","date_modified":"2026-10-23"},{"text":"The project lacks legitimate landowner consent because the essential land demarcation process to verify ownership claims never occurred, and the company allegedly used bribery by gifting houses to local leaders.","ai_generated":true,"unit":"glowit-000202#insight-3","date_modified":"2026-10-23"},{"text":"Maxland (PNG) Limited is controlled by the Joinland Group, founded by Dato’ Sri Thomas Hah Tiing Siu, which has a history of similar failed agricultural projects, such as an operation on New Hanover Island where no rubber was exported despite over $50 million in timber exports.","ai_generated":true,"unit":"glowit-000202#insight-4","date_modified":"2026-10-23"},{"text":"The illegal timber from the Manus operation was exported to customers in China and Japan, specifically Ningbo Hong Guang Decorate Materials Co. 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This has resulted in consumers receiving only 2.65 cents of their 5-cent deposit on average, with $400 million in deposits failing to return to residents annually. A YouGov poll from March 2020 indicates 37% of Californians are unaware of the bill and 53% do not use redemption centers. The COVID-19 pandemic has further decreased onsite redemption. The document proposes reforming the system using \"no-touch\" reverse vending machines (RVMs) and bag-drop systems, and increasing the number of redemption sites. It suggests using part of the $400 million in the Beverage Container Recycling Fund for modernization. A system with a 90% redemption rate could provide $1.2 billion in annual refunds to residents, secure 8,000 existing jobs, and create 5,000 new ones. 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