area sarawak branding rfs slogan radio free sarawak is the independent radio station that brings you the news you want to hear not what the barisan nasional bn government wants you to hear . no one controls us except you the listeners of sarawak . so tune in and get the information news interviews reports and comment that you could never hope to hear on any of the government controlled radio stations in malaysia . frequency 15420 khz first air date 16 november 2010 ; 5 years ago 2010 11 16 format talk news music language s iban malay and english owner clare rewcastle brown webcast soundcloud itunes link website radiofreesarawak.org radio free sarawak malay radio sarawak bebas is a pirate radio station established by journalist clare rewcastle brown and helmed by former sarawakian cats fm radio peter john jaban better known by his on air pseudonym papa orang utan christina suntai who graduated from florida technical college in computer science and computer programming and michael ngau . first broadcast on 16 november 2010 the station can be received by shortwave on 15420 khz and it also podcast globally daily at 11.00 12.30 utc or 19.00 20.30 at sarawak localtime . the station received wide publicity in malaysia after the brief disappearance of jaban . 1 however it was later discovered that he had gone into hiding voluntarily . 2 on 15 november 2014 the radio suspended its shortwave transmission services and claimed the sarawak state government has jamming its service . 3 contents 1 purpose 2 the operators 2.1 clare rewcastle brown 2.2 peter john jaban 3 the award 4 reactions 4.1 arrests 4.2 government probe 4.3 online downtime 5 see also 6 references 7 external links purpose edit in its own words radio free sarawak is the independent radio station that brings you the news you want to hear not what others want you to hear . 4 in a report by the london evening standard it was stated that the station aims to expose the alleged corruption of taib mahmud chief minister of ... sarawak ... and bring an end to his 30 year rule . 5 the station can be seen as an attempt to by pass the control of mass media outlets in sarawak which are controlled by taib s government and logging companies 6 the operators edit clare rewcastle brown edit main article clare rewcastle brown born in sarawak to british parents brown is best known as an environmental journalist who started her career with the bbc in 1983 . in 2008 she returned to sarawak to report on a by election and secretly filmed companies clearing rainforests for oil palm plantations . incidentally brown is the sister in law of former british prime minister gordon brown . 7 peter john jaban edit main article peter john jaban better known by his on air pseudonym papa orang utan jaban is an iban from sarawak and a former civil servant with the land and survey office of kuching . he was also a former dj of the state owned cats fm radio station . 8 jaban worked the airwaves for that station from 1996 1999 . jaban also served as the deputy chairperson of the sarawak dayak iban association and was active as a human rights activist in sarawak . he is now actively involved with the malaysian civil liberties movement a non profit organisation based in london united kingdom . 8 in june 2012 jaban returned to sarawak purportedly for a medical check up in parti keadilan rakyat s miri branch chairman dr.michael teo s clinic when he was accosted by three men from dr.michael s car . a press statement released by jaban s democratic action party lawyer alan ling sie kiong indicated that prior to that jaban was stopped at immigration upon his entry and was told that he would be questioned by the malaysian special branch . 9 the award edit the radio free sarawak received free media pioneer award of the world press freedom day celebrates its 20th anniversary on 3 may 2013 . the day was proclaimed by the united nations general assembly in december 1993 . 10 11 reactions edit arrests edit podcasts of radio free sarawak have also been distributed via cds and vcds together with tv free sarawak into the interior of sarawak where the internet penetration is still low . however on 6 january 2011 there was an incident where the activists and lawyers possessing such materials were detained by the police and home ministry officials and the materials were confiscated citing the possible violation of film censorship act and section 4 1 of the sedition act malaysia . 12 13 the activists were supposed to be charged in magistrate court on 7 february but home ministry officials did not turn up . 14 government probe edit the sarawak barisan nasional had stated that they would like to see legal action taken against radio free sarawak 15 and the home ministry of malaysia confirmed that an investigation was being made against the station as it was spreading malicious lies and threatening unity and harmony among races . 16 online downtime edit the website of radio free sarawak as well as their podcast from itunes has been inaccessible since 9 april 2011 due to unknown reasons . 17 the inaccessibility of the website coincides with the campaigning period of the bitterly contested 2011 sarawak elections and may be a distributed denial of service attack . nonetheless the station continued their daily one hour broadcast on shortwave from 1000 utc 1100 utc . radio free sarawak s sister site sarawak report has also been subject to a massive cyber attack although effort is being made to get both the websites back into operation . 18 the founder clare rewcastle brown has commented that the attacks are a full admission by bn that our insights and investigations have been causing them major difficulties . 18 see also edit sarawak report list of radio stations in malaysia sarawak state election 2011 references edit yu ji 3 june 2012 . radio free sarawak gains wide publicity after disappearance of its presenter . the star online . kuching . retrieved 8 april 2013 . yu ji 2 june 2012 . radio free sarawak jaban is hiding voluntarily . the star online . kuching . retrieved 8 april 2013 . radio free sarawak suspends its services . daily express . 17 november 2014 . retrieved 24 november 2014 . radio free sarawak . 1 . about radio free sarawak retrieved on 3 april 2011 . london evening standard . 2 . gordon brown s sister in law tackles corruption in borneo retrieved on 3 april 2011 . radio free sarawak goes on air . free malaysia today . retrieved on 28 april 2013 . the naivet of clare rewcastle brown . sarawak reports . retrieved 29 march 2011 . a b dayak baru . 3 . the people behind radio free sarawak retrieved on 3 april 2011 radio free sarawak dj reportedly detained . the star malaysia . world press freedom day ipi hands 2013 awards to two women journalists killed in syria independent malaysian radio station sarawak activists lawyer detained ahead of polls malaysia chronicle . accessed on 15 may 2011 . taib strikes back exclusive photos sarawak report . accessed on 15 may 2011 uncensored cds ministry officials no show the star . 4 . sarawak bn seeking action against radio free sarawak retrieved on 3 april 2011 the malaysian insider . 5 . home ministry to probe radio free sarawak retrieved on 3 april 2011 sarawak report election monitoring reports 6 . radio free sarawak website blocked retrieved on 10 april 2011 a b malaysiakini 7 . sarawak report under massive cyber attack retrieved on 10 april 2011 external links edit official website the fight for sarawak on the australian broadcasting corporation radio free sarawak gets ready for election free malaysia today . v t e radio stations of malaysia by availability and languages public availability nationwide english traxx fm malay radio klasik fm nasional fm chinese ai fm tamil minnal fm regional various asyik fm bintulu fm johor fm ikim.fm kedah fm kelantan fm keningau fm kl fm labuan fm langkawi fm limbang fm malacca fm miri fm mutiara fm negeri fm pahang fm perak fm perlis fm rasa fm red fm sabah fm sabah 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