'Locked Up in Malaysia's Lockdown' looks into the discrimination and detention of migrant workers, especially undocumented ones, during the pandemic. Watch the documentary here:
In a move that has been slammed as an affront to press freedom, Malaysian authorities raided Al Jazeera’s office in Kuala Lumpur, following the Qatar-based broadcaster’sLocked Up in Malaysia's Lockdown,
The report also featured migrants-supplied videos that show migrants cramped in government trucks and people handcuffed by authorities – counterproductive measures in addressing the spread of COVID-19. “We put them in the best place to care for their health. So to say that the Malaysian government is cruel to the undocumented migrants is not right,” Defense Minister Datuk Seri Ismail Sabri Yaakob said in a press conference shown in the documentary.
The government earlier offered amnesty to undocumented migrants and said they could come forward to be tested for COVID-19. This, however, proved to be a trap.
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