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According to the [[Sarawak Report]], Byrne has worked with UK lobbyist [[Paul Stadlen]] who runs the communications team of the Malaysian prime minister [[Najib Razak]]. <ref> [http://www.sarawakreport.org/2015/05/more-smear-tactics-and-black-ops-by-najibs-pr-hit-team-anwar-and-dr-m-both-targets-exclusive/ More Smear Tactics And Black Ops By Najib's PR Hit Team - Anwar And Dr M Both Targets EXCLUSIVE!], 12 May 2015, accessed 13 May 2015 </ref>  Byrne, however, denies any such links. <ref> Email to Spinwatch managing editor Melissa Jones, May 2016 </ref>
 
According to the [[Sarawak Report]], Byrne has worked with UK lobbyist [[Paul Stadlen]] who runs the communications team of the Malaysian prime minister [[Najib Razak]]. <ref> [http://www.sarawakreport.org/2015/05/more-smear-tactics-and-black-ops-by-najibs-pr-hit-team-anwar-and-dr-m-both-targets-exclusive/ More Smear Tactics And Black Ops By Najib's PR Hit Team - Anwar And Dr M Both Targets EXCLUSIVE!], 12 May 2015, accessed 13 May 2015 </ref>  Byrne, however, denies any such links. <ref> Email to Spinwatch managing editor Melissa Jones, May 2016 </ref>
  
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Revision as of 06:28, 13 May 2016

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Sholto Byrnes is a British journalist, now working as a senior fellow at the Malaysian government-funded Institute of Strategic and International Studies (ISIS) think tank, and as a weekly columnist for The National in Abu Dhabi.

Background

Byrnes has worked as a journalist for over 20 years, including on the Independent, as a senior editor at the New Statesman and as editor of Qatar Foundation's quarterly international magazine.

In 2014 he took up a position as a senior fellow at Malaysia's Institute of Strategic and International Studies (ISIS).

Byrnes has a BA and MA in Politics, Philosophy and Economics from Balliol College, Oxford University, and has been a Fellow of the Royal Society of Arts since 2009. [1]

Affiliations

According to the Sarawak Report, Byrne has worked with UK lobbyist Paul Stadlen who runs the communications team of the Malaysian prime minister Najib Razak. [2] Byrne, however, denies any such links. [3]

Resources

Notes

  1. Mr Sholto Byrnes, Institute of Strategic and International Studies, accessed 13 May 2016
  2. More Smear Tactics And Black Ops By Najib's PR Hit Team - Anwar And Dr M Both Targets EXCLUSIVE!, 12 May 2015, accessed 13 May 2015
  3. Email to Spinwatch managing editor Melissa Jones, May 2016

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