INTERVIEW | For many Malaysians, Sarawak Report is synonymous with whistleblowing activities concerning 1MDB, which has been Pakatan Harapan's clarion call for the 14th general election.

However, Sarawak Report began life in 2010 as a blog that kept tabs on Sarawak – its politics, environmental issues, displacement of indigenous people and in particular, the business interest of the then chief minister Taib Mahmud.

London-based Sarawak Report editor Clare Rewcastle-Brown, who was born in Kuching in 1960, had long written about Taib's extensive business interests in the state and abroad, often accusing him of self-enrichment through dubious means.

Despite the large number of official complaints lodged against Taib, no action was taken against him. After 33 years as Sarawak's chief executive, he was in 2014 made Sarawak governor – a representative of the Yang di-Pertuan Agong.

Now that BN has been ousted, Rewcastle-Brown believes that the time has come for the authorities to revisit these complaints and open their doors for new complaints.

“I think now there will be a lot of people queuing up,” she told Malaysiakini in an interview this morning.

Sarawak Report has reported extensively on state government contracts for Taib family-linked company Cahaya Mata Sarawak, the building of dams, deforestation and the alleged Taib-family property empire abroad, among others.

Although Prime Minister Dr Mahathir Mohamad has kick-started fresh investigations into the 1MDB affair, no promises have been made on calls to investigate Taib.

Instead, Malaysiakini revealed on May 11 that Mahathir had met with Taib in Kuala Lumpur, soon after the general election.

Despite having written extensively about Taib, Rewcastle-Brown appeared to be in no hurry for official investigations to start, given that the new administration would need time to establish itself.

She said that the new administration was likely aware that there are calls for investigations or risk being accused of double standards.

“It will be when you have a new attorney-general and a few other key people put in place.

“I think Mahathir must know that he's not going to get away with (ignoring Taib). The voices are already being raised in Sarawak.

“The fact that you’re already jumping on this within hours of the victory is a very good sign for anyone in the administration that Sarawak is a massive piece of unfinished business,” she said.

On Mahathir's recent remark that evidence be shown with regard to Taib's alleged wrongdoings, she replied: “He has laid down a very handy challenge, and I don't think many people will hold back.”