AG refuses to drop Rewcastle-Brown defamation charge

THE Attorney-General’s Chambers (AGC) has rejected the representation by Sarawak Report editor Clare Rewcastle-Brown seeking the withdrawal of a charge against her for allegedly making defamatory statements against Sultanah of Terengganu Sultanah Nur Zahirah.

Rewcastle-Brown, who is from the United Kingdom, was charged in absentia with defaming Sultanah Nur Zahirah in a book, “The Sarawak Report – The Inside Story of the 1MDB Expose”, in a magistrate’s court in Kuala Terengganu on September 23, 2021.