Bridget Welsh, a political science professor at Singapore Management University and an expert on Malaysian affairs, credited Sarawak Report for its "impact on the political debate" over deforestation in Sarawak. and the New York Times called Rewcastle Brown "one of the most effective voices calling attention to deforestation in Malaysia" The Open Society Foundation acknowledged that websites like Sarawak Report have been able to "disseminate news on alleged state government corruption to rural areas that are hard to reach" but described the nature of Sarawak Report's reporting as "half-sensational, half-revelatory," making verification an issue. Censorship in Malaysia On 19 July 2015, Malaysian Communications and Multimedia Commission (MCMC) decided to block access to Sarawak Report because the content of the website appears to be "unsubstantiated" and it may "undermined the stability" of the country. Sarawak Report continued to reach the Malaysian public through Medium.com, but that was also blocked in January 2016. On 15 May 2018, six days after the 2018 Malaysian general election where the ruling Barisan Nasional was defeated and the Pakatan Harapan came to power, the 1MDB Auditor General's Report was declassified. Following this, MCMC decided to unblock Sarawak Report and Medium.com on 18 May 2018. References External links Investigative journalism Politics of Sarawak Borneo Forestry in Malaysia Deforestation British political websites Malaysian political websites Malaysian websites Malaysian political blogs Malaysian blogs Environmentalism in Malaysia