THE Kuala Terengganu magistrates’ court today fixed June 25 for another mention of the case involving Sarawak Report editor Clare Rewcastle-Brown who is charged with defaming the Sultanah of Terengganu Sultanah Nur Zahirah.

Magistrate Noor Mazrinie Mahmood set the date when the case came up for mention today.

Present during the proceedings was deputy public prosecutor Nur Amalina Najwa Mohd Ali.

No lawyer representing Rewcastle-Brown was in attendance.

On September 23, 2021, Rewcastle-Brown was charged in absentia in the Kuala Terengganu magistrates’ court for issuing defamatory statements against Sultanah Nur Zahirah in the book “The Sarawak Report – The Inside Story of the 1MDB Expose”.

The charge, framed under section 500 of the penal code, provides a maximum jail term of two years or a fine or both, upon conviction.

In proceedings at the Kuala Lumpur High Court on May 15, lawyer Guok Ngek Seong, representing Rewcastle-Brown, requested that the case be transferred to the Kuala Lumpur High Court.

The application was heard before judge K. Muniandy and the decision whether to grant Rewcastle-Brown’s application or not is set for June 21. – Bernama, May 18, 2023.