【大馬沒法抓人？】國際刑警拒絕通緝Claire《砂拉越報告》網站創辦人
（吉隆坡29日訊）國際刑警組織已拒絕大馬警方要求向《砂拉越報告》網站創辦人兼主編克萊爾發出紅色通報的請求。 根據《當今大馬》報導，總部設在英國的非政府組織國際公平審訊（Fair Trials International）日前致函給國際刑警後，獲得國際刑警秘書長斯托克確認國際刑警已拒絕大馬的請求。
斯托克表示：「國際刑警一般上不願對特定案件或個人置評，但基於媒體對此事極為關注，我們可以確認國際刑警秘書處收到大馬當局請求向克萊爾發出 紅色通報。」 「根據我們的標準作業程序，我們開始研究有關請求，但我們最終在8月9日拒絕向克萊爾發出紅色通報。」 斯托克還指出，國際刑警已要求其所有成員國，別利用國際刑警的管道來處理克萊爾的課題。 「所有190個成員國已獲告知這項決定，我們勸誡成員國勿利用國際刑警的管道處理此事，同時要求他們刪除其國家資料檔的任何相關資料。」
■大馬警方獲逮捕令 大馬警方在8月4日獲得庭令，允許逮捕克萊爾，以協助調查推翻首相拿督斯里納吉的指控。 警方當時指出，當局已獲得吉隆坡法庭批准與發出逮捕令，可追捕英國人克萊爾。 「警方也提出申請，尋求將克萊爾列為東協警察組織（ASEANPOL）通緝名單，和國際刑警組織的紅色通報名單。」 根據國際刑警組織和維基百科網站介紹，當各國際刑警組織成員國中心局接到紅色通報後，可立即據此對通報人員實施拘捕，並參照本國的相關法律進行國際引渡。 《砂拉越報告》早前陸續發表多則和1MDB財務醜聞相關的新聞報導，引起國內朝野震盪。
REFUSED! - INTERPOL Rejects Najib's 'Red Notice' Request Against Sarawak Report
28 Aug 2015
Terrorism laws have been widely abused to silence media criticism of Najib in Malaysia
INTERPOL have moved swiftly to publish their refusal of Malaysia’s request to issue an international 『Red Notice』 alert for the arrest of Clare Rewcastle Brown, Editor of Sarawak Report.
In a letter to the London based NGO Fair Trials International today the Secretary General of INTERPOL, Jurgen Stock, informed that the global police organisation has decided to reject Malaysia’s request outright.
In a personally signed letter, headed 『Subject Clare Rewcastle Brown』, the Secretary General confirmed he had been in receipt of a request by Malaysia, which was reviewed on 9th August in line with their standard operating procedure and that the Red Notice had been refused.
The Secretary General went on to assure Fair Trials, which had written for confirmation about the status of the journalist, that all 190 member countries of Interpol had been informed of this decision, meaning she can travel internationally without further harassment or fear of arrest.
Crushingly, Jurgen Stock added that member countries were further advised not to used Interpol’s channels in this matter and requested to remove all data from their databases as well – it is a telling indication that the organisation is of the opinion that their processes, which are designed to catch dangerous criminals, had been abused by Malaysia.
The letter addressed to Jago Russell, the Director of Fair Trials stated:
「Whilst INTERPOL does not usually comment on specific cases or individuals, in the light of the significant press interest in this case we can confirm that INTERPOL’s General Secretariat did receive a Red Notice request for Clare Brown from Malaysian authorities.
In line with our standard operating procedure a review was conducted and on 9th August the request for the Red Notice was refused. All 190 member countries were informed of the decision and advised not to used INTERPOL’s channels in this matter and also requested to remove any data from their national databases.」
Segment of the letter from INTERPOL
Abuse of Interpol a growing concern
Fair Trials had taken up the case as an example of what the NGO regards is a worrying trend on the part of certain oppressive regimes to abuse INTERPOL in order to clamp down on legitimate dissenters.
According to a warrant issued by a Kuala Lumpur court on 4th August the charges against the Sarawak Report Editor were under Section 124B and 1241 of the Penal Code, which form part of new laws brought in by Najib Razak in 2012, supposedly to counter terrorism.
Mohamad bin Salleh, the Director of the Crime Investigation Department of the Royal Malaysia Police then issued a triumphant press release, announcing that Interpol and Aseanpol would be immediately alerted with a view to gaining extradition of the journalist from countries worldwide.
The grounds for the supposed criminal offence simply do not exist in most countries, however, and hardly appear to merit equating a female journalist with the armed hijackers and terrorists who are normally placed on this list.
124B. Whoever, by any means, directly or indirectly, commits an activity detrimental to parliamentary democracy shall be punished with imprisonment for a term which may extend to twenty years.
124I. Any person who, by word of mouth or in writing or in any newspaper, periodical, book, circular, or other printed publication or by any other means including electronic means spreads false reports or makes false statements likely to cause public alarm, shall be punished with imprisonment for a term which may extend to five years.
Press Notice from the Royal Malaysia Police this month
The Malaysian authorities then compounded the extra-judicial flavour of their proceedings by bragging to the media that the Inspector General of Police had raised the issue with Jurgen Stock personally and was confident as a result of getting a 『good outcome』 for the request:
「Federal police are confident of Interpol’s cooperation following discussions between Inspector-General of Police Tan Sri Khalid Abu Bakar and Interpol secretary-general Jurgen Stock during the Asean police chiefs meeting in Jakarta, Indonesia this week.」
Fair Trials had pointed out to INTERPOL that such attempts at back room influence-peddling violated the due processes of the organisation and INTERPOL’s reply again indicates that the international police organisation equally disapproves of Malaysia’s lack of proper standards of procedure.
Triumphalism in pro-Najib media was ill judged.
The move against Sarawak Report was part of a wider clamp down on the Malaysian media and opposition leaders, which has come in the wake of revelations about the misappropriation of funds from the One Malaysia Development Berhad fund (1MDB) and the discovery of hundreds of millions of dollars allegedly 『donated』 into Prime Minister Najib Razak’s personal bank accounts.
The arrest warrant was issued shortly after Sarawak Report published the scoop that the former Attorney General had been in the process of drawing up a charge sheet against the Prime Minister himself in the hours before he was summarily sacked by Najib.
The thinly disguised attempt to silence journalists using this inappropriate measure of a Red Notice drew international attention as a result.
A petition by the German NGO Rainforest Rescue on behalf of Sarawak Report and condemning the arrest warrant raised an astonishing 60,000 signatures within a few days in Germany alone (Jurgen Stock’s home country).
Rainforest Rescue, which has joined the condemnation over the destruction of Borneo, was on the point of launching further petitions in Spanish and English to raise further international awareness before this announcement was made by INTERPOL.
The news that the international policing organisation has rejected Malaysia’s attempt to use its powers and authority to clamp down on legitimate expression and criticism of corruption in the country comes as a serious blow to the Malaysian Prime Minister’s own authority on the even of the anti-corruption march by the Bersih (clean) movement this weekend.
It once again brings into question the Malaysian Prime Minister’s judgement in handling the growing criticisms against his government and his apparent failure to understand how others now view the situation facing his own administration.
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