London police have told Pertubuhan Minda dan Sosial Prihatin Malaysia (PMSP) adviser Ramesh Rao, who wanted to submit a complaint against Sarawak Report editor Clare Rewcastle-Brown, to do so through the Malaysian high commissioner.

This was during Rao's attempt to lodge a report against Rewcastle-Brown at the West End Central police station in London yesterday.

"I have been advised by British police to hand the documents through the Malaysian high commissioner to avoid any loss of the documents and evidence," Rao said in a statement.

He said the documents sent to the High Commission include a statutory declaration (SD) from Lester Melanyi claiming he was hired by Rewcastle-Brown to edit Sarawak Report content, email conversations between Lester and Rewcastle-Brown purportedly about falsifying documents, a letter from PetroSaudi claiming all email published by Sarawak Report to be false and copies of police reports and memorandum against Rewcastle-Brown in Malaysia.

These documents are to be sent to the British attorney-general and Home Ministry, he added.

Rao had previously filed a police report in Malaysia based on a video confession by Lester ( photo ) that Rewcastle-Brown and Malaysian opposition leaders fabricated documents pertaining to 1MDB.

PMSP has also submitted a memorandum to the British High Commissioner in Malaysia, asking them to tell Rewcastle-Brown to keep out of Malaysian politics.

Sarawak Report is a whistle-blower site that has been behind numerous explosive reports about the financial scandals plaguing Prime Minister Najib Abdul Razak and his brainchild 1MDB.

The site has been blocked by the Communications and Multimedia Commission (MCMC) since late last year.