Book on 1MDB scandal unveiled

PETALING JAYA: ‘The Sarawak Report: The Inside Story of the 1MDB Expose’ book which tells the story behind the investigation into the 1Malaysia Development Bhd (1MDB) scandal by founder and editor of the Sarawak Report, Clare Rewcastle-Brown was officially unveiled yesterday.

The 528-page book covers the details of Rewcastle-Brown’s struggle to find information about the Malaysian strategic development company and even faced a wide campaign by certain parties against her and her website.

“Several parties were paid to slander me, while pretending to be activists, to discredit me. But we needed to work in exile out of fear.

“But I felt responsible to report the various corruption scandals, from Sarawak’s deforestation to 1MDB, due to the laws restricting mainstream media journalists (in this country),” she said at the launch of her book at a hotel here yesterday.

She also thanked Damansara member of Parliament Tony Pua for being a ‘co-conspirator and collaborator’ and helping her a lot during the investigation and report on the (1MDB) scandal.

Sarawak-born Rewcastle-Brown, 58, said even though the book focused on the 1MDB scandal and Malaysia, it also brings the message across the world about the need for law and order to protect people from criminals with connections to power.