The Bangladeshi national featured in an Al Jazeera programme on migrants in Malaysia during the pandemic has been detained by its immigration authorities on Friday (July 24).
Malaysia immigration director-general Khairul was quoted by Harian Metro as saying, “The 25-year-old Bangladeshi man, Md Rayhan Kabir, was detained this evening.”
According to Harian Metro, Rayhan had been hiding in a condominium in Jalan Pahang area of Kuala Lumpur, before being caught by a team of immigration officers.
The department had been looking for the 25-year-old since July 7 in relation to its investigation.
Rayhan was featured in a 25-minute Al Jazeera report titled “Locked up in Malaysia’s Lockdown” on its 101 East programme on July 3.
The report, on the authorities’ alleged ill-treatment of migrants under the movement control order (MCO), to contain the Covid-19 pandemic, sparked outrage from government leaders, with police reports filed against the Qatar-based news channel.
Al Jazeera is being probed for various offences, including sedition, defamation and improper use of network facilities.
(Source: Malaymail)
