Ex-Sarawak editor confesses


Screenshot of Lester in the video

PETALING JAYA: A former journalist, who claimed to have previously worked for Sarawak Report, alleged that opposition leaders had conspired with the whistleblower website on the 1Malaysia Development Berhad (1MDB) issue.

In a three-minute video, Lester Melanyi, a former editor of Sarawak Tribune, claimed that he had met Opposition Leader Datuk Seri Anwar Ibrahim and his Latino friend in London after the Sarawak elections.

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