Alerts | Arrest/detention under other laws

Journalist investigated over pandemic-related article in Malaysia

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Journalist Tashny Sukumaran, a correspondent for the South China Morning Post, was investigated and summoned to a police headquarters in Kuala Lumpur over an article she wrote about raids targeting migrants and refugees amid the COVID-19 pandemic.

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