Kuala Lumpur: Sarawak Report editor Clare Rewcastle Brown claimed that a senior Malaysian politician had joked with her that she could only be arrested if she entered Malaysia.
Rewcastle Brown, who had previously claimed that she was at risk of being arrested by the Malaysian authorities for exposing corruption in the country, said she was informed by British authorities that Interpol had rejected a Red Notice application for her – although she did not specify when the application was made.A Red Notice is a request to law enforcement agencies worldwide to locate and provisionally arrest a person pending extradition, surrender or similar legal action.
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Last month, a Terengganu court sentenced Rewcastle Brown in absentia to two years in jail for defaming Sultanah Nur Zahirah in a book titled “The Sarawak Report – The Inside Story of the 1MDB Expose”.Rewcastle Brown, however, said the first time she heard about the criminal defamation case was when an arrest warrant was issued against her in September 2021. The warrant lapsed in May last year.
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