Rimbunan Hijau Group
The Rimbunan Hijau Group is a Malaysian multinational logging and diversified conglomerate founded in 1975 by Tan Sri Datuk Tiong Hiew King (張曉卿). Headquartered in Sibu, Sarawak, Malaysia, the group has an estimated annual turnover exceeding US$1 billion and operates across multiple countries including Malaysia, Indonesia, Papua New Guinea, Equatorial Guinea, Gabon, Russia, Australia, Canada, China, Hong Kong, Korea, Singapore, and the United States. The company is involved in forestry, oil palm plantations, media, information technology, hospitality, aquaculture, general trading, biotechnology, plastic manufacturing, mining, property development, and human capital development. In Papua New Guinea, Rimbunan Hijau is the largest single logging operator and owns one of the country’s major newspapers, The National, which it established in 1993. The company has faced criticism from environmental groups, with a World Bank report estimating that up to 70 percent of logging in Papua New Guinea is illegal, though the company maintains it operates within legal frameworks.
