Sarawak Report editor admits passage in book was wrong, apologises

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KUALA LUMPUR: The Sarawak Report editor Clare Rewcastle-Brown has admitted that she made a mistake when writing a passage that led to a suit against her by the Sultanah of Terengganu, Sultanah Nur Zahirah.

She said the passage in her book The Sarawak Report: The Inside Story of the 1MDB Exposé was an honest mistake on her part.

On her reference to the plaintiff as a “key player in Terengganu”, the editor said this was meant for the Sultan’s sister, who had not taken umbrage with the second print of the book. The 63-year-old, who testified via video-conferencing from London, said the passage was from her recollection of reading a news report in 2010 where Jho Low mentioned how he came to know the Sultan of Terengganu.

When explaining her knowledge of Low and the founding of TIA, Rewcastle-Brown said that from her research, she knew he had links to the royal family of Terengganu, which led to the founding of TIA that was later renamed to 1Malaysia Development Bhd . He was introduced to the Sultan of Terengganu through its members, a fact that Low himself had publicly admitted, she said.

 

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