Police interrogate Md Rayhan from Al Jazeera documentary

KUALA LUMPUR (Bernama): Police have taken the statement of Md Rayhan Kabir, a Bangladeshi man who appeared in a documentary titled ‘Locked Up in Malaysia's Lockdown’ produced by Al Jazeera.

Bukit Aman CID (Investigation/Legal) deputy director Deputy Comm Mior Faridalathrash Wahid said the recording with the man was made at the Immigration Detention Depot on Tuesday and Wednesday (July 28 - 29).

"Investigation on the case is being conducted and the conversation recording with Md Rayhan would be carried out again if necessary,” he said when contacted.

Md Rayhan was arrested in Setapak, Kuala Lumpur on July 24 after the Immigration Department sought the assistance of the people to track down the individual who appeared in Al Jazeera documentary.

In the documentary, Md Rayhan commented on the treatment of undocumented migrants by the Malaysian authorities when the country was implementing the movement control order (MCO) to eradicate Covid-19.

Immigration director-general Datuk Khairul Dzaimee Daud on July 25 was reported as saying that the man would be repatriated and blacklisted from entering Malaysia.- Bernama