Malaysian police raid Al Jazeera office over coronavirus documentary

News broadcaster Al Jazeera has condemned Malaysian police following a raid on their offices in Kuala Lumpur.A documentary investigating the treatment of foreign workers has angered Malaysian authoritiesThe company has says its reporters have done nothing wrong

The raid comes weeks after journalists were questioned for a documentary on the plight of migrant workers during the pandemicThe program investigated Malaysia's treatment of illegal foreign workers during the COVID-19 pandemic. Giles Trendle, managing director of Al Jazeera English, said two computers have been seized by authorities.

"Conducting a raid on our office and seizing computers is a troubling escalation in the authorities' crackdown on media freedom and shows the lengths they are prepared to take to try to intimidate journalists," he said. "Al Jazeera calls upon the Malaysian authorities to cease this criminal investigation into our journalists."Our staff did their jobs and they've got nothing to answer for or apologise for. Journalism is not a crime."Rights groups have accused the government of suppressing media freedom after Al Jazeera journalists were called in for questioning by the police and an investigation was opened into alleged sedition, defamation and violation of a communications law.

AlJazeera The report was mislead, focusing on unfairness treatment towards illegal immigrants, whereas all undocumented immigrants are being checked thoroughly. Very unethical journalist and yet condemned Malaysian govt? Funny.

Al Jazeera was established with a goal of giving a different perspective on middle east and international affairs compared to CNN and BBC's western eyes. But with most journalists all coming from the west, or once worked for BBC/CNN and the like, that goal has been run to ground.

There's something extremely ironic about a Qatari Media outlet being suppressed for reporting on the treatment of foreign workers in Malaysia while foreign media outlets in Qatar are suppressed for reporting similar things happening there.

Meh, Al Jazeera is a state run media organisation only used for political interests. Much like every other media organisation. Next

This seems to be coming more common.

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