Clare Rewcastle Brown: UK journalist says Malaysia sentence is 'political revenge' - BBC News

Clare Rewcastle Brown claims her defamation conviction is linked to her work on the 1MDB corruption scandal.

15 minutes agoShareclose panelShare pageCopy linkAbout sharingRelated Topics1MDB corruption scandalImage source, Getty ImagesImage caption, Sarawak Report founder Clare Rewcastle Brown is the sister-in-law of former UK Prime Minister Gordon BrownBy Leisha Chi-SantorelliBBC News CultureUK journalist Clare Rewcastle Brown has accused the Malaysia of seeking "political revenge" for her reporting after a court jailed her in absentia.

The 64-year-old is appealing a surprise conviction for criminal defamation of a Malaysian royal handed down this week.

A local magistrates' court sentenced her to two years in prison during a single-day hearing.

Ms Rewcastle Brown told the BBC she was being targeted after her work on the multibillion-dollar 1MDB scandal.

The scandal saw $4.5bn (£3.9bn) stolen from the Malaysian sovereign fund founded by former Prime Minister Najib Razak in what is thought to be the world's largest kleptocracy case.

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