Campaign group Global Witness today restated its concerns that two firms linked to Malaysian timber giant Samling, a company notorious for illegal logging and conflicts with local communities, are being considered for major logging contracts in Liberia because of flaws in the bid evaluation process. A third Samling-associated company has already had its forest management contract (FMC) ratified. Global Witness also published a rebuttal of allegations by the companies in question [Alpha Logging, Atlantic Resources, Southeast Resources]