Having grown up on Sarawak, a Malaysian state on Borneo, I had become increasingly incensed by the seemingly mad and wanton destruction of the world's third largest and most biodiverse rainforest, the Borneo Jungle. — Clare Rewcastle Brown Copy Share Image
I grew up as this rather lonely European kid living in the east Malaysian jungle. — Clare Rewcastle Brown Copy Share Image
As a kid, my first friends were the local children and we used to climb trees and run barefoot, dodging the odd scorpion. — Clare Rewcastle Brown Copy Share Image
The people I spoke to who were worried they would be killed for talking to me are now all ministers in the government. This… — Clare Rewcastle Brown Copy Share Image
Fake news was manufactured to the tune of millions of dollars in an attempt to discredit my story. — Clare Rewcastle Brown Copy Share Image
As I found myself in the thick of the biggest investigative story of my career, I suffered state-backed computer hacking of my systems. Myself… — Clare Rewcastle Brown Copy Share Image
Exposing the world's biggest financial heist, the so-called 1MDB scandal, turned out to be an adventure in more ways than one. — Clare Rewcastle Brown Copy Share Image
I have vivid memories of leaving North Borneo at 8, and I remember the vast canopy of rain forest. — Clare Rewcastle Brown Copy Share Image
Having grown up on Sarawak, a Malaysian state on Borneo, I had become increasingly incensed by the seemingly mad and wanton destruction of the… — Clare Rewcastle Brown Copy Share Image
A super rich elite have emerged thanks to the lack of law and order, and thanks to the lack of jurisdiction over the transfers… — Clare Rewcastle Brown Copy Share Image
I must try to do something. I'll never forgive myself if I don't try. — Clare Rewcastle Brown Copy Share Image
Prime Minister Najib had continuously denounced me as an enemy of the Malaysian state and accused me of spreading Fake News. — Clare Rewcastle Brown Copy Share Image
If a government is overreacting in this way and treating you as such a dangerous threat, then you know that you are doing your… — Clare Rewcastle Brown Copy Share Image
But I have this vivid memory of flying over Borneo down the coast to Singapore. It was a two-hour journey in those days, and… — Clare Rewcastle Brown Copy Share Image
