1MDB Scandal Author Threatened with Prison

Case brought in Terengganu under dubious circumstances

The northeastern rural state of Terengganu, the cradle of what would eventually mutate into the biggest financial mess in Malaysia’s history, is seeking to put Clare Rewcastle Brown, the woman who was instrumental in exposing the scandal, in prison for two years on charges of defaming Sultanah Nur Zahirah, the wife of Sultan Zainal Abidin, in her 2018 b…