PETALING JAYA: Sarawak Report’s Clare Rewcastle-Brown has expressed shock that several investigations against her dating back to 2015 were still being pursued by police.
“I have been told there are three separate cases against me that have not been closed since 2015,” the British journalist told reporters today outside the Bukit Aman police headquarters, where she was questioned over a police report lodged by the Terengganu sultanah.
Rewcastle-Brown, who was issued a warrant of arrest under the Najib Razak administration over allegations of spreading false news related to the 1MDB scandal, said she was also told by police to return to Bukit Aman to record her statements.
“This shocked and surprised me. I had assumed these cases were closed and I was no longer being investigated for making statements on 1MDB,” she said.
Rewcastle-Brown had earlier arrived from the UK.
On her session with police today, she said she was not aware that police had tried to contact her, but decided to come on her own accord after being informed by friends.
She said she was questioned today based on a police report filed by the Comptroller of the Terengganu Royal Household Mohd Azmi Mohamad Daham.
The sultanah had filed a RM300 million defamation lawsuit against Rewcastle-Brown, her publisher and a printer over claims in her book detailing her role in investigating the 1MDB scandal, “The Sarawak Report — The Inside Story of 1MDB Expose”. - FMT
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