Raid took place around 2pm today.
Federal police from Bukit Aman raided the local office of Al Jazeera today and took away several devices to facilitate ongoing investigations into the Qatari news agency’s controversial documentary titled Locked Up in Malaysia’s Lockdown.
The police team that went to Al Jazeera’s KL bureau at Level 27 of GTower, near the iconic Petronas Twin Towers in the city centre comprised two uniformed personnel and five other officers in plain clothes.
Lawyer for Al Jazeera, Hisyam Teh Poh Teik, said that his representatives were present at the news agency’s office during the raid.
Police started investigating Al Jazeera as early as June 10 after receiving five complaints over the 25-minute documentary that Malaysian government officials claim inaccurately portrayed the treatment of migrant workers here during the earlier movement control order that sought to curb the spread of Covid-19.