KUCHING: Sarawak Report editor Clare Rewcastle-Brown is still barred from entering the state, according to Sarawak Chief Minister Abang Johari Openg.
“She remains on the blacklist. I haven’t made any decision (on whether to revoke the ban),” Bernama reported him as saying at a function here today.
The state had previously barred other individuals from entering Sarawak, including opposition politicians and activists, leading to criticism that it was abusing its autonomy in immigration.
Rewcastle-Brown, a British subject, was born in Sarawak where she also spent her early years. Malaysian authorities issued a warrant for her arrest in 2015, citing activities “detrimental to parliamentary democracy”.
She returned to Malaysia on Saturday after the new government tore up the arrest warrant against her and unblocked her website.