Wednesday, 05 Aug 2020 11:54 AM MYTA police team and officers from the Malaysian Communications and Multimedia Commission raided the local office of Al Jazeera yesterday. — Reuters pic
“The authorities’ relentless pursuit of Al Jazeera seems to be driven by a desire to punish journalists who aired Malaysia’s dirty laundry rather than a good faith application of the law. Bukit Aman Criminal Investigations Department Director Commissioner Datuk Huzir Mohamed said that the raid was conducted only after the police received a search warrant to facilitate investigation into the news agency’s documentary.
The National Film Development Corporation Malaysia on July 20 said that Al Jazeera did not have the necessary licence to film or air its documentary. The CJ said that the government “is clearly on a rampage against Al Jazeera over its documentary, which has been criticised by government leaders as being inaccurate and malicious over its depiction of the alleged mistreatment of migrant workers during the movement control order imposed to curb Covid-19.
On promoting media freedom, she said that this would require a commitment from the government to go “beyond rhetoric” and actually implement the promises made by Saifuddin, who said that the current government will promote media freedom and adopt measures to amend laws that restrict media freedom.
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