Bad taste jokes?
A US comedian who offended Malaysian authorities with a joke about missing flight MH370 says the reaction from officials has been "overblown".
Jocelyn Chia told the BBC she was "not making fun of tragedy" and victims, but was trying to find humour in tragedy.
Malaysian police said they would ask Interpol to locate Ms Chia, as they investigate her for incitement and offensive online content.
Ms Chia - who grew up in Singapore - called involving Interpol "ridiculous".
Interpol has not responded to questions from the BBC on whether it would act on the request for assistance from Malaysian police. Ms Chia had joked in a viral video that Malaysian jets "cannot fly", referring to the Malaysia Airlines flight that disappeared in 2014 - a sensitive topic in the country.
She said her joke had been "taken out of context when consumed on social media".
"I have [performed this routine] hundreds of times and even did a shorter version of it in Singapore. It always cracks the audience up. I wouldn't have used it again if it didn't work," she said.
Ms Chia said "roasting" or poking fun at the audience is part of comedy club culture in New York, where she is now based. She said American comics have in the past used the September 11 terror attacks as fodder for their jokes.
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