Dokumentari ‘lockdown’ seimbang, kata Al Jazeera menjawab kritikan pemimpin kera

I.am.PH

Dokumentari ‘lockdown’ seimbang, kata Al Jazeera menjawab kritikan pemimpin kerajaan
FMT Reporters -July 9, 2020 11:22 PM


Al Jazeera mempertahankan diri terhadap dakwaan berat sebelah oleh pihak berkuasa Malaysia berhubung program terbarunya berkait layanan ke atas pendatang asing di Kuala Lumpur. (Gambar Reuters)

KUALA LUMPUR: Saluran berita antarabangsa Al Jazeera hari ini mempertahankan diri terhadap dakwaan berat sebelah mengenai layanan Malaysia ke atas pendatang asing sewaktu pelaksanaan perintah sekatan bagi menghalang penularan wabak Covid-19.

Saluran berita berpangkalan di Doha itu berkata, program 101 East yang menyiarkan dokumentari berdurasi 25 minit bertajuk “Locked Up in Malaysia’s Lockdown” pada 3 Julai adalah hasil kerja “kewartawanan yang mendalam dan berkualiti tinggi”.

“Episod ‘Locked Up in Malaysia’s Lockdown’ mengandungi pandangan dan pengalaman sejumlah individu daripada latar belakang yang berlainan, termasuk seorang doktor Malaysia yang dihormati dan pekerja bantuan di barisan hadapan.

“Ia disebut dengan jelas dalam filem itu bahawa Al Jazeera mengiktiraf bahawa respons Covid-19 Malaysia berjaya mengawal penularan virus itu,” kata Al Jazeera dalam responsnya terhadap kritikan bertali arus daripada pemimpin kerajaan yang menuduh saluran itu berat sebelah.

Al Jazeera berkata, ia berjaya menerbitkan laporan yang seimbang walaupun tidak dipedulikan oleh pegawai kanan kerajaan dan dilarang menghadiri taklimat media kementerian.

“Berulang kali permohonan untuk temu bual kami tidak dilayan.

“Al Jazeera juga memohon untuk hadir sidang media menteri pertahanan, tetapi diberitahu bahawa hanya media kerajaan dibenarkan,” katanya merujuk kepada taklimat harian oleh Menteri Pertahanan Ismail Sabri Yaakob yang menyaksikan hanya stesen penyiaran kerajaan RTM dan agensi berita kebangsaan Bernama dibenarkan hadir.

Ia berkata, episod itu tidak mengandungi pandangan peribadi mana-mana kakitangan Al Jazeera dan saluran itu bersedia menerbitkan rancangan untuk wakil kerajaan Malaysia menjawab isu yang ditimbulkan dalam dokumentasi itu melalui Al Jazeera English.

Polis menyiasat Al Jazeera kerana menghasut, menfitnah dan menyalahgunakan kemudahan rangkaian yang menyaksikan individu yang terlibat dengan laporan itu dipanggil memberi kenyataan kepada Jabatan Siasatan Jenayah Bukit Aman pagi esok.

Menyuarakan kebimbangan bahawa kakitangannya kini tertakluk kepada siasatan polis, Al Jazeera menggesa pihak berkuasa supaya tidak memulakan siasatan jenayah ke atas pemberitaannya dengan berkata, peristiwa yang dilaporkan dalam dokumentari itu turut dilaporkan secara meluas oleh media lain, baik dalam negara atau antarabangsa.

Saluran itu juga berkata, ia juga bimbang susulan serangan atas talian yang dihadapi kakitangannya selepas wartawannya menjadi sasaran pesanan jelek dan ugutan bunuh.

Maklumat peribadi kakitangan dan bekas kakitangannya disiarkan secara atas talian walaupun ia melanggar kerahsiaan peribadi dan Al Jazeera khuatir ini akan mendedahkan mereka kepada “risiko lebih besar” sekarang atau pada masa akan datang.

Ia juga menyuarakan kebimbangan berhubung keselamatan individu yang ditemu bual dalam dokumentari tersebut susulan serangan atas talian dan ucapan kebencian yang berlaku.

Menteri Kesihatan Dr Adham Baba menafikan dakwaan rasisme yang dibuat sebagai “tidak berasas”, dengan Menteri Dalam Negeri Hamzah Zainuddin membidas dokumentari tersebut kerana “putar belitnya”.

Menteri Pertahanan Ismail Sabri Yaakob berkata, laporan itu penuh “dengan penipuan, niat buruk dan tidak mempunyai fakta jelas”, sekali gus menggesa Al Jazeera meminta maaf.

Dalam pada itu, Ketua Pengarah Imigresen Khairul Dzaimee Daud memberi amaran kepada warga asing yang “membuat kenyataan tidak tepat bertujuan merosakkan nama baik Malaysia” bahawa mereka berdepan kemungkinan pembatalan pas masing-masing.

Jabatan itu juga menyiarkan maklumat peribadi seorang pekerja warga Bangladesh yang dikehendaki kerana bercakap mengenai dakwaan layanan buruk oleh pegawai imigresen dalam laporan 101 East itu.

“Orang ramai harus berasa bebas untuk bercakap kepada media dan menyuarakan pandangan mereka tanpa rasa takut akan dijadikan sasaran,” kata Al Jazeera.

“Di dunia yang menyaksikan media berdepan semakin banyak ancaman, Al Jazeera menggesa supaya kebebasan media dan hak untuk membuat laporan tidak dihalang”.

zamzam

So kau sokong kerajaan msia atau aljazeera?

PerKasa

Al Jazeerah ini aku respect krn  berani  - tapi kenapa bodoh interview dgn penipu dan pembelit.

I.am.PH

zamzam replied at 10-7-2020 01:24 AM
So kau sokong kerajaan msia atau aljazeera?

Al Jazeera English sedia bertemu wakil Kerajaan Malaysia
Astro Awani | Diterbitkan pada Julai 10, 2020 00:16 +08 | Durasi: 46 saat



KUALA LUMPUR: Siaran televisyen Al Jazeera English sedia bertemu dengan wakil kerajaan Malaysia bagi memberi maklum balas susulan penerbitan sebuah dokumentari baru-baru ini.

Dalam satu kenyataan, organisasi berita yang berpangkalan di Qatar itu memaklumkan ia hanya melaporkan apa yang berlaku.

Ia juga mempertahankan bahawa dokumentari tersebut turut dilaporkan organisasi berita lain, termasuk tempatan mahupun antarabangsa.

Kenyataan itu juga menyatakan bahawa laporan berkenaan tidak melibatkan pendapat peribadi kakitangan Al Jazeera.

Laporan dokumentari Al Jazeera bertajuk 'Locked Up in Malaysia's Lockdown' berdurasi 25 minit 50 saat mendakwa terdapat diskrimanisi perkauman ketika negara ini mengendalikan pandemik COVID-19.

Ia mencetuskan kontroversi dan mengundang reaksi negatif yang menyifatkan tindakan media antarabangsa itu jelas tidak beretika dan berniat jahat untuk memburukkan nama Malaysia.

bulalof

we will wait for the outcome...

duri_durians

skrg ni ada ke tak flight keluar negara utk expat ?

mana2 yg konon dapat ugutan tu dah boleh beli tiket kot?

PerKasa

I.am.PH replied at 10-7-2020 09:27 AM
Al Jazeera English sedia bertemu wakil Kerajaan Malaysia
Astro Awani | Diterbitkan pada Julai 10, ...

bijak AJ ni
dpt perhatian dan publicity

darkness

Padan muka kena kecam. Seimbang apanya dalam dokumentari tu xda yg bagusnya pun pasal malaysia. Hak bersuara masing2, tapi ko langgar hak kami juga..bodoh

I.am.PH

Perkara ini tidak akan menjadi kecoh sekiranya Menteri kita bersikap gentleman dan bertemu dengan Al Jazeera apabila Al Jazeera ingin dapatkan penerangan dari Menteri.

Ringkasan cerita supaya mudah cerna:

• Al-Jazeera dapat laporan kemungkinan terjadi pelanggaran hak asasi manusia sepanjang PKP
• Al-Jazeera buat interview di lapangan
• Al-Jazeera pergi ke rumah Menteri: Assalamualaikom.... Menteri, ada di rumahkah? Nak tanya ni, betulkan adanya pelanggaran hak asasi manusia sepanjang PKP? Assalamualaikom.... Menteri... Assalamualaikom.... Menteri...
• Menteri tak keluar rumah untuk berjumpa dengan Al-Jazeera
• Dengan ini Al-Jazeera pun terbitkan laporan
• Menteri tersinggung dan dengan cepat-cepat cuba bantah melalui sidang media dalam Bahasa Kebangsaan
• Menteri pun arahkan supaya siasat!
  

Agak-agaknya gentleman atau tidak orang yang macam ini?

Video pihak Al Jazeera dengan gentleman nya datang ke Bukit Aman dan beri keterangan

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Saksi-saksi daripada pihak Al-Jazeera hadir memberi keterangan berhubung isu dokumentari bertajuk Locked Up In Malaysia’s Lockdown di Pejabat Unit Siasatan Jenayah Terkelas, Bukit Aman

zamzam

I.am.PH replied at 10-7-2020 09:27 AM
Al Jazeera English sedia bertemu wakil Kerajaan Malaysia
Astro Awani | Diterbitkan pada Julai 10, ...

Ko ni barua AJ ker? Beria jadi tali barut.

atira

pastu lagi mau meroyan .. tak padan dgn geng perompak..


Al Jazeera’s 101 East documentary strand investigated why the COVID-19 pandemic is forcing migrant workers into hiding.
Malaysian officials and state television have criticized the report as being inaccurate, misleading and unfair.
Al Jazeera rejects these claims by the Malaysian authorities and stands by the quality and impartiality of its journalism.
Malaysian police announced that they were investigating Al Jazeera for sedition, defamation and violation of the country’s Communications and Multimedia Act.
Al Jazeera staff in Malaysia have been targeted by sustained online abuse, including death threats and disclosure of their personal details over social media.
Al Jazeera calls on the Malaysian authorities to respect media freedom and desist from treating its journalists as criminals.
Al Jazeera has serious concerns about developments that have occurred in Malaysia since the broadcast of its 101 East investigative documentary, “Locked Up in Malaysia’s Lockdown” on July 3rd 2020. The documentary looked at why Malaysia's illegal foreign migrant workers are at risk in the time of COVID-19.

Malaysian officials have criticized the documentary as being inaccurate, misleading and unfair.

Al Jazeera strongly refutes these charges and stands by the professionalism, quality and impartiality of its journalism.

The 101 East documentary strand, a weekly programme from across the Asia Pacific region, has a reputation for producing in-depth journalism of the highest quality. Many of its programmes have been internationally recognised with prestigious awards from across the globe.

The episode “Locked Up in Malaysia’s Lockdown” contains the views and experiences of a wide range of people from different backgrounds, including a well-respected Malaysian doctor and Malaysian relief worker on the frontlines.

As stated clearly in the film, Al Jazeera acknowledges that Malaysia’s Covid-19 response has successfully contained the spread of the virus.

The programme also clearly shows the humanitarian efforts made by Malaysian organisations which provide direct assistance to migrants in need.

The episode does not contain the personal opinions of any Al Jazeera staff.

Al Jazeera repeatedly sought to obtain the government’s view, by requesting interviews with a number of senior government ministers and officials.  Repeated requests for interviews were not accepted.

Al Jazeera also sought to attend the Defence Minister’s press conferences, but were told only state media could attend.

Despite the government’s refusal to be interviewed, Al Jazeera still produced a balanced film by including comments made by the Defense Minister at two press conferences.

The documentary captured events, including immigration raids, as they unfolded in real-time in Malaysia. These events were also widely reported by many other media outlets, both domestically and internationally.

Al Jazeera is deeply concerned that its staff are now subject to a police investigation.

Charging journalists for doing their jobs is not the action of a democracy that values free speech. Journalism is not a crime.

Al Jazeera also has grave concerns about the sustained online harassment its staff are facing. Reporters have been targeted with abusive messages and death threats.

The personal details of current and former staff have been published online, in a serious breach of privacy which could potentially expose them to great risk both now and in the future.

Al Jazeera is also concerned for the safety of those interviewed in the documentary who have also been subjected to abusive online harassment and hate speech.

People should feel free to speak with the media and express their views without the fear that they could be targeted.

In a world in which the media face increasing threats, Al Jazeera calls for media freedom and the right to report freely without intimidation.

Al Jazeera calls upon the Malaysian authorities to desist from initiating any criminal investigation into its professional, impartial journalism.

Al Jazeera English is prepared to host a representative of the Malaysian government to respond to the matters raised in the documentary.

Nahnukutu

I told you...

nazzse

I.am.PH replied at 10-7-2020 01:31 AM
Perkara ini tidak akan menjadi kecoh sekiranya Menteri kita bersikap gentleman dan bertemu dengan Al ...

Mcm ko lah kan, tali barut, barua dapig..
Sesia hidup dok bawah telunjuk PHauk

Kurex

I.am.PH replied at 10-7-2020 09:31 AM
Perkara ini tidak akan menjadi kecoh sekiranya Menteri kita bersikap gentleman dan bertemu dengan Al ...

Parti pee esh je yg suka ambik mudah.. biasalah, dah bekas menteri bodoh, macai lagi la sedia bodoh... Tak gitu forumer chinkies yg menyamar melayu sampai petik agama demi politik?

Kurex

nazzse replied at 10-7-2020 09:35 AM
Mcm ko lah kan, tali barut, barua dapig..
Sesia hidup dok bawah telunjuk PHauk

Tali barut versi chinkies

dino

zamzam replied at 10-7-2020 09:33 AM
Ko ni barua AJ ker? Beria jadi tali barut.

tali barut dap n aljazeera ni mesra ph pun.. obvious.. haha

dino

atira replied at 10-7-2020 09:33 AM
pastu lagi mau meroyan .. tak padan dgn geng perompak..

ko pun sama mcm barua dap., percaya ckp aljahiliah...

dino

Kurex replied at 10-7-2020 09:42 AM
Parti pee esh je yg suka ambik mudah.. biasalah, dah bekas menteri bodoh, macai lagi la sedia bodo ...

dah lama kan tak tgk menteri bodoh ph... rasmi pagar sekolah, rasmi tiang letrik.. rasmi lift..

I.am.PH

Why probe Al Jazeera instead of investigating claims? - activists
9 July 2020



A group of 35 civil society organisations and 17 individuals have expressed horror and concern that police are investigating Al Jazeera on its reporting, instead of the government providing an explanation to the public or probing potential mismanagement of power or accountability.

"We are alarmed by actions taken by the government following the release of a documentary on July 3 by Al Jazeera that reported on Malaysia's treatment of undocumented migrants during the Covid-19 pandemic.

"Ministers, heads of government agencies and the police have come out strongly against Locked Up In Malaysia's Lockdown, with investigations being opened under Section 4(1) of the Sedition Act, Section 500 of the Penal Code and Section 233 of the Communications and Multimedia Act.

"Besides that, the Immigration Department has since threatened to revoke the passes of foreign nationals who make 'inaccurate statements aimed at damaging Malaysia's image'”, said the group in a joint statement this morning.

Released by the Centre for Independent Journalism, among the signatories of the statement are Aliran, Amnesty International Malaysia, Bersih, Sisters In Islam, Tenaganita as well as a host of other human rights groups. Among the 17 individuals were the Bar Council's Andrew Khoo and PSM deputy chairperson S Arutchelvan.

"A credible action by the government when such news is released is to hold a press conference and provide a legitimate and reasonable counter or explanation in order to avoid being seen as benefiting from the whole government machinery for political ends," they added.

The activists said they are seeing a spike in hate speech and threats of violence and harassment against foreign workers, exacerbated further after one interviewee in the Al Jazeera documentary was outed on social media for comments he made in it.

"His personal information, such as his purported phone number and Facebook account, has gone viral, with a litany of hate comments and derogatory language directed at him.

The group blasted the Immigration Department for releasing the individual’s name, passport number and last known address, saying it had made matters worse.

In addition to that, refugee rights activist Heidy Quah (below) was also being investigated by Bukit Aman over a Facebook post exposing the alleged mistreatment of refugees at immigration detention centres.



"We fear that this could turn into a witch hunt and place not just this individual but other migrant workers in fear of their security and possible harm.

"The government should not be complicit in human rights abuses against migrant workers, such as doxxing and threats, by promoting hatred or discrimination in their messaging," the group said.

"We worry that statements by officials in recent days could further heighten tensions and incite violence and discrimination against migrants, specifically undocumented workers in the country, besides completely undermining the need for critical media reporting and exercise of freedom of expression."

They added that they stand in solidarity with Al Jazeera and strongly condemn efforts by the state to intimidate and threaten media freedom and independence in the country.

These instances, they said, have been systematic and heightened since the change of government this year and included investigations and charges using various laws which were levied against journalist Tashny Sukumaran, former radio deejay Patrick Teoh and CodeBlue editor-in-chief Boo Su-Lyn, among others.

zamzam

dino replied at 10-7-2020 09:47 AM
dah lama kan tak tgk menteri bodoh ph... rasmi pagar sekolah, rasmi tiang letrik.. rasmi lift.. :l ...

Jgn xtahu dorang berangan boleh masuk dlm buku sejarah sekolah....haha.