Earlier this year, Leonardo DiCaprio traveled to Indonesia to raise awareness for deforestation, visiting an area on the island of Sumatra, home to indigenous tribes and endangered animals that his Leonardo DiCaprio Foundation has been helping protect.
The trip generated numerous newspaper column inches, alongside pictures of the newly minted Oscar winner with several endangered elephants.
But six months on, the actor is now being accused of "double standards" for accepting donations to his charity from people linked to a corruption scandal that is itself fueling deforestation less than 500 miles away.
The Bruno Manser Funds, a rainforest charity active in Malaysian Borneo, has written an open letter to DiCaprio calling on him to return money he received from individuals connected to the 1MDB Malaysian sovereign wealth fund, now the subject of a major Justice Department asset seizure complaint. While there is no direct link between the Bruno Manser Funds and the actor, the organization says DiCaprio, as founder of his environmental charity and a designated U.N. Messenger of Peace, has a responsibility to help stop corruption. Full story...
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The trip generated numerous newspaper column inches, alongside pictures of the newly minted Oscar winner with several endangered elephants.
But six months on, the actor is now being accused of "double standards" for accepting donations to his charity from people linked to a corruption scandal that is itself fueling deforestation less than 500 miles away.
The Bruno Manser Funds, a rainforest charity active in Malaysian Borneo, has written an open letter to DiCaprio calling on him to return money he received from individuals connected to the 1MDB Malaysian sovereign wealth fund, now the subject of a major Justice Department asset seizure complaint. While there is no direct link between the Bruno Manser Funds and the actor, the organization says DiCaprio, as founder of his environmental charity and a designated U.N. Messenger of Peace, has a responsibility to help stop corruption. Full story...
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