KUALA LUMPUR, Feb. 19 -- Sarawak Report editor Clare Rewcastle-Brown, who was sentenced to two years in jail by a Magistrates' Court after being found guilty of criminally defaming Sultanah Nur Zahirah of Terengganu, will most likely be arrested should she ever enter Malaysia, several lawyers said.

However, they also said the Sarawak-born Briton would not be sent straight to jail as some might think, as she could appeal her conviction and sentence to a higher court, which would evaluate if the magistrate made the correct decision in the defamation case that was held in absentia.

"In my opinion, upon setting foot in Malaysia, it is more likely that she would face arrest since conviction and sentence have been passed against her for a cri...