“Truths Annoying To The Malaysian Prime Minister Do Not Cut Muster With British Law”

After suspending two publications from The Edge, the Home Ministry is now mulling action against Sarawak Report editor Clare Rewcastle-Brown.

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Responding to the Home Ministry's statement that Malaysia might get Britain's help to extradite Clare Rewcastle-Brown if a "prima facie" case is established, the Sarawak Report (SR) editor said:

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Rewcastle-Brown was asked to respond over Home Minister Ahmad Zahid Hamidi's statement that she might be extradited to Malaysia, following from the results of an ongoing police investigation

The Home Ministry's statement had come a day after an NGO called Pertubuhan Minda Sosial dan Prihatin (PMSP) submitted a memorandum to the British High Commission in KL, asking the UK to prevent Rewcastle-Brown from interfering in Malaysia's affairs

About a dozen members of the organisation were seen outside the office holding a banner that read, "Clare, stay away from Malaysia."

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PMSP branded SR's coverage on 1MDB as a colonialist conspiracy

Meanwhile, a PKR lawmaker has said Zahid's threat to extradite Rewcastle-Brown over articles attacking 1MDB has no legal basis

PKR's N. Surendran.

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He said UK's Extradition Act 2003 requires the person to be extradited to have committed an act which also constitutes an offence under UK laws, adding that the Home Ministry is desperate

Previously, Ahmad Zahid had said in a statement that he is referring to claims of foreign intervention in the internal affairs of the country

Home Minister Ahmad Zahid Hamidi

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