Malaysia police had said in a statement that it made a request to Interpol on Jun 13 to get more information about the comedian.
Chia made headlines recently after a video clip of the stand-up comedian during a routine at a comedy club in New York City where she poked fun at the missing Malaysia Airlines MH370 flight went viral.
MH370 was an international passenger flight operated by Malaysia Airlines that left Kuala Lumpur for Beijing in March 2014 but never arrived at its destination.The US-based comedian also made jokes about Singapore's relationship with Malaysia as part of her routine."I just wish I could have seen the face of the Interpol officer who received this request.
"Honestly, if Interpol does do something about this request and things escalate, can you imagine how famous it is going to make me?” she was quoted as saying by the British broadcaster.In a post on Wednesday, she listed the various international news outlets that have interviewed her about the controversy, including BBC, CNN and The New York Times.In another post on Thursday, Chia said that she has released a “full, unedited version of joke on my Patreon so social media can’t take it down”.
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