LESTER MELANYI

He had in a video recording this week accused the London-based website and its British chief, Clare Rewcastle-Brown, of conspiring with Malaysian opposition lawmakers to publish forged documents on 1MDB.

He later admitted to Malay Mail Online that he was paid to expose a convoluted conspiracy involving Malaysia’s opposition, SR and Rewcastle-Brown in their alleged plot to unseat Prime Minister Datuk Seri Najib Razak through so-called doctored leaks of documents on 1MDB.

Rewcastle-Brown has denied the allegations, and accused the former Sarawak Tribune editor of lying in return for payment.

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Sarawak Report editor vows tell-all on Lester Melanyi after forgery allegation

BY YISWAREE PALANSAMY

KUALA LUMPUR, July 18 — The editor of Sarawak Report (SR) has pledged to release emails from accuser Lester Melanyi to dispel the latter’s claim that the website tampered with documents on PetroSaudi International’s deal with 1 Malaysia Development Bhd (1MDB).

Clare Rewcastle-Brown said the communication will allow the public to critically evaluate the allegations made by the former Sarawak Tribune editor who has since admitted to receiving payment for making the claim.

“I am going to dump his emails to me online (SR Facebook), so people can make up their own minds about this nonsense and I can stop answering so many questions.

“Over the past couple of months, Lester has sent me several fishing emails about my stories on Sarawak Report. I have generally given him one line replies.  The interchanges make it pretty clear where I am coming from on this matter,” she told Malay Mail Online.

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1MDB taskforce questions Sarawak Report accuser

By SULOK TAWIE

KUCHING, July 18 — Police have interviewed former journalist Lester Melanyi over his claim that Sarawak Report forged documents on 1 Malaysia Development Bhd (1MDB).

According to Lester, he was twice questioned at hotels here by a three-man team from the Bukit Aman federal police headquarters who were part of the special taskforce investigating 1MDB.

“What I told them were the same with what I had said in the video,” he told Malay Mail Online today.

“I also told the task force that I was never involved in forging documents relating to 1MDB,” he said, contrary to some media reports.

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Malay Mail Online ‏@themmailonline Jul 16

Man behind alleged #1MDB document forgery never worked for @sarawak_report, says founder http://bit.ly/1f6C2Pb 

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Lim Kit Siang ‏@limkitsiang Jul 16

Sarawak Report refutes allegations that it forged information – Bernard Cheah (Sun) http://goo.gl/LJLIVl