Malaysia arrests Rayhan who spoke of migrant workers' mistreatment
Immigration Department police have arrested Md Rayhan Kabir who was simply interviewed in a documentary made by Al Jazeera.
In the interview, he spoke against the authorities for his or her alleged mistreatment of migrant employees in Malaysia.
Datuk Khairul Dzaimee Daud, Immigration Department director-general, said Rayhan was arrested on Friday evening.
It is learnt that the department was tipped off to Md Rayhan's alleged "hideout" at a condominium at Jalan Pahang in Kuala Lumpur .
Earlier, the Malaysian government revoked Rayhan's visa and issued an arrest warrant against him accusing him of giving false information within an interview with Al-Jazeera.
It had been reported that the department had sought cooperation from the general public to find Rayhan to facilitate a study beneath the Immigration Act 1959/63 (Act 155).
Al Jazeera recently aired a documentary titled "Locked Up in Malaysia's Lockdown" which alleged mistreatment of against the law migrants personnel in Malaysia through the process of tackling the Covid-19 pandemic. Rayhan, who was simply presented in the video, built several claims of migrant staff being mistreated.
