Md Rayhan Kabir has been remanded for 13 days until August 19 to allow the Immigration Department of Malaysia to continue their investigations into his right to remain in the country.
Rayhan, 27, was arrested on July 24 after alleging mistreatment of migrant workers by the authorities in an Al Jazeera documentary, reports The Malaysian Insight.
ayhan had appeared in a documentary titled ‘Locked Up in Malaysia’s Lockdown’ by Qatar-based broadcaster Al Jazeera accusing the authorities of racism against undocumented migrant workers.
‘Raihan is keen to go back whenever the Malaysian authorities decide to send him back. He wants to go back to be with his family,’ C Selvaraja, one of the two lawyers of Raihan, said after meeting him in custody on Wednesday, according to the Malay Mail.
The two lawyers C Selvaraja and Sumitha Shaanthinni said they met Raihan with permission from the immigration department.
‘He had no intention to accuse the authorities,’ Selvaraja said.
The lawyers said their client had apologised for his statement made in the interview with Al Jazeera, which was made as he became emotional after seeing his friends being detained in raids against undocumented migrants in May.❐
