Cover image via themalaymailonline.comWhy the Interpol rejected Najib's 'Red Notice' request against Sarawak Report editor
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Meanwhile, Clare, who is based in London, had also come under the crosshairs of Najib, who said Malaysians should not let "white people" dictate who should be the leaders of this nation. Read here:
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After Bukit Aman's Criminal Investigations Department issued a warrant against Clare Rewcastle Brown on Tuesday, 5 August, and claimed that it was seeking Interpol's assistance to detain the UK citizen, the Sarawak Report editor said that she is unfazed by the Malaysian police's issuance of an arrest warrant against her
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Describing the arrest warrant taken by the police as being "counter-productive" for Najib's government that is seeking "to assure the world that it's a sane democracy", Clare said what she had done was "to publish information," and yet she was accused of the 'crime' of committing "an activity detrimental to democracy"
Clare added that the authorities' move was "ridiculous", saying: "It is they who are being detrimental to democracy by suppressing free speech and arresting people for questioning people in authority."
The unfazed editor further said: "Am I quaking in my shoes… actually not." She also said that the recent moves by the Malaysian government has resulted in her getting plenty of media attention and that she was "not likely" to be praising Prime Minister Najib Razak.
Clare also said that the authorities' actions merely indicates that Malaysia is on the path to become a "failed state". "If they want to cement Malaysia in the category of basket case, failed state, then this is absolutely the path to take," she said.
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