Mahmud Abu Bekir Taib - son of Sarawak’s governor and former chief minister Abdul Taib Mahmud - is taking leave from his posts at Cahya Mata Sarawak Bhd (CMS) and its subsidiaries amid conflict of interest allegations against him.

In a statement today, the company’s board of directors said this followed information received through the group’s whistleblower channels involving Taib and the group’s chief information officer Karl Vink @ Khalid Abdullah.

“Upon receipt of the whistleblower complaints, before...