Lawyers: Rayhan apologises, willing to be sent back to Bangladesh
The Bangladeshi national Md Rayhan Kabir expressed his willingness to be deported back to his home country and he apologised for his statement in the interview with Al Jazeera, according to the lawyers who met him today.
Two lawyers representing Rayhan were authorised to meet their client at the Immigration Department's headquarters in Putrajaya this afternoon.
"He had no intention to...
The Bangladeshi national Md Rayhan Kabir expressed his willingness to be deported back to his home country and he apologised for his statement in the interview with Al Jazeera, according to the lawyers who met him today.
Two lawyers representing Rayhan (above) were authorised to meet their client at the Immigration Department's headquarters in Putrajaya this afternoon.
"He had no intention to accuse the authorities. That was just what he felt when he saw the operation happened,"
"He is keen to go back whenever the authorities decide to send him back. He wants to go back to join his family," one of the counsels, C Selvaraja, told reporters.
However, the exact date for Rayhan's deportation was not clear so far.
Rayhan, 25, was accused of making false allegations on Malaysia's treatment of undocumented migrants in its fight against the Covid-19 outbreak. The allegations were made during an interview in the documentary "Locked up in Malaysia’s Lockdown."
He was arrested on July 24 by the Immigration Department and had since been handed over to the police, who later returned him to the Department's custody.
According to Selvaraja (below), he and co-counsel K Sumitha Shaanthinni managed to meet Rayhan today for about one hour.
"His condition is safe, he has no complaints. According to (Rayhan) Kabir, he is taken good care, the food and everything is perfect," added Selvaraja.
Police took statement from co-counsel Sumitha
Meanwhile, the co-counsel told the media that she gave her statement to a police officer from Bukit Aman at the Immigration Department's headquarters today.
"After our interview with (Rayhan) Kabir, the police interviewed me under Sec 112 of the Penal Code. As I was in the video by Al Jazeera, they took my statement pertaining to my involvement in the video," Sumitha (below) said.
In the 25-minute documentary produced by Al Jazeera, Rayhan shared with the interviewer some videos of the immigration department's operation that was carried out in Chow Kit, Kuala Lumpur.
He said that he witnessed how his friend was arrested. He was filmed seeking advice from Sumitha to ensure his friend was safe.
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