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A program makers of being questioned by police in malaysia about their documentary on Migrant Workers being locked up during the covert 19 Lockdown Police say theyre investigating the program for sedition defamation and violation of the communications and multimedia act aljazeera has responded with a statement calling on malaysian authorities to respect Media Freedom and desist from treating journalists as criminals aljazeera says it has serious concerns about developments that have occurred in malaysia since the broadcast of its one a one east investigative documentary locked up in malaysia is locked down on july the 3rd the documentary investigated why the covert 19 pandemic is forcing Migrant Workers into hiding the government put some areas of kuala lumpur with high infraction rates under lockdown with people tested in some fingerprinted foreigners without valid documents were arrested malaysian officials and state television have criticised the reporters being inaccurate misleading and unfair aljazeera is attempts to interview government ministers and officials during production a word declined staff have experienced sustained Online Harassment since the broadcast one o one east is an asia Pacific Current Affairs Program thats one Numerous International awards. Malaysias top policeman spoke to the media in the last hour he dismissed questions over the journalist being treated unfairly was asked whether the staff were free to go. This. Week in yemen but at the moment. Is there a need for them to leave the country yet you wont be. We were checked with the 81st. Date you will decide you know meant a few days if. Theres any case then it would be a charge but i dont think so the reason why we defused that the what i call been fair. Game whatever it is to be free to be fair im not going to intimidate them and im not going to allow anyone to harm or to cause harm or to instigate the hum down peace peace b. B. B. B. B. B. B. Professional body. We still allow them. Access to the best lawyers or whatever it is the age of the sex the idea we keep. From hamburg is the chief executive and founder of the galen center for health and social policy in kuala lumpur he says the documentary sheds light on many longstanding issues. Well these sort of issue shouldnt be sensitive really i think from a humanitarian perspective especially when youre looking at it from a Public Health angle which is basically to care and to provide care for those who are in need we should be able to look at my coworkers as being part of the population in which we depend on their labor and they depend on us to help in allowing them to generate income for themselves and for their families so definitely this. Documentary that you have. Broadcast it actually brings to light quite a number of difficult longstanding and unfortunately. Uncomfortable issues that affect a Nation Society and thats got to do with xenophobia bigotry and racism and how we look at these issues that in this context and because theyre foreign because theyre not national it actually highlights even further how Vulnerable People can be when they are forced to confront these issues and unfortunately at this point of time we see that the government has taken this the wrong way. In a way that it has misread we believe. Rather than to look at the good aspects of this documentary because policy changes need to happen we have constant michael look at labor and it has yet to happen and its been that way for decades but you must we emphasize here that. In no way Migrant Workers if they were positive for cocaine 1000. 00 mistreated their Health Authorities provided the same kind of treatment which was humane compassionate and equal that you would expect for a person who is malaysian to be receiving in the Health Care Facilities so when it come when it came to that mine workers were taken care of but what we were concerned about was the implementation of Immigration Enforcement actions during a Public Health emergency. Human rights watch is calling on the malaysian government to stop treating criticism as a crime and repeal laws used to limit speech in a statement the Deputy Director for asia said malaysias. Government is increasingly responding to public criticism by carrying out abusive investigations on species charges Prime Minister madine a scene should recognize everyone has a right to criticize their government without fear of investigation or prosecution south koreas former President Park geun hye has had a 32 Year Prison Sentence for corruption reduced by 10 years south koreas 1st female president was impeached 3 years ago following huge protests and convictions of bribery embezzlement and abuse of power our correspondent Robert Bryant has more from the capital. Its all dates back of course to park here in hays disgraced time in office you remember it became mired in this Corruption Scandal in 2016 as she was forced out of office early 2017 impeached and then prosecuted through the courts found guilty on a whole range of charges of bribery extortion abuse of power and in the original sentencing she was given a very hefty 32 years total for all of these offenses now last year the Supreme Court here in south korea sent this back to the high court saying it wasnt happy with the way sentencing are being carried out and there was an expectation that she could have faced actually more prison time in fact the prosecution was asking for it to be increased to 35 years well the opposite seems to have happened with the this court and now reducing the total time that she is been sentenced to for all the charges all the has sent crimes in office to 22 years also reducing the the fine shes meant to pay from 25000000. 00 to 15000000. 00 in their ruling the High Court Judges a panel of 3 judges stated that they did not believe that she had gained financially very much from her crimes in office and also taking into account her age she is now 68 years of age even if she does serve this reduced 22 years then she would be a very old person by the time she saw freedom again indias most populous state is said to go back under lockdown as the country deals with a rise in corona virus infections that we can lock down will begin friday night more than 1200 new cases were reported in the state of pradesh on thursday india recorded more than 26000 new infections in the past day or so record high elizabeth random is in new delhi she has this analysis of why our surprise there she is going back into lockdown. Certainly the State Government admitting like others have that they need to take more action as the number of cases both an oath of predation and india just continue to keep rising the State Government said that its going into lockdown from friday night until monday morning to break the chain of transmission that officers and markets will be shot buses wont be allowed unless theyre taking people to train stations because trains and flights will continue now with their positions not the worst affected state but it is the most populous its home to more than 220000000 people in the government there says that its going to continue with that Awareness Campaign india media has 800000 cases now and it had 700008 reached the 700000 mark on tuesday so its important to remember that the cases are rising as such that it took and Something Like 56 days to go from 0 reported 2100000 reported cases nearly 2 months and now its only taking 4 days to add on another 100000 cases so the government says that its going to continue increasing testing tested nearly 300000 people yesterday and as well as that that its going to conduct a c one logical survey around the country to determine the spread of the virus or rather where its been by testing for antibodies in people. The u. S. Supreme court has issued mixed verdict some demands for dog financial records the president s tax returns and all the documents will for now remain out of the public eye shadow times explains. President truman just. Following the 2 judgments on the release of his financial records. Are you sure you all over again so theyre going to be very down to go work working the story will you so for we should point out and start going to satisfy me. This is a political witch like you know you know if you or you are which are. Just like the moderate mr gibbs was the hopes that one of these Supreme Court rulings werent even close each one had a 7. 00 to 2. 00 majority that included trump appointees justices gorsuch and cavanaugh off the court threw out the president s lawyers arguments that their client has immunity from investigation in both cases chief Justice John Roberts writing that no so theres a lot even the president is categorically above the common duty to produce evidence when called upon in a criminal proceeding so authorities in new york are allowed to secure records from the president s Accounting Firm through the courts the citys District Attorney hailed the decision Cyrus Vance Jr said its in keeping with the u. S. A. s founding principles and added the investigation which was delayed for almost a year by this lawsuit will resume guided as always by the grand jury solemn obligation to follow the law and the facts wherever they may lead but new yorks grand jury investigation into potential wrongdoing by trump and the trouble is held in secret so barring a leak the public will not see the records if and when it receives them investigators are looking into whether an alleged hush money deal with 2 women who claim to have had an affair with trump broke the law Congress However could released all charges financial records to the public if house committees were in the right to see them and that may or may not happen now but the House Speaker welcomed the justices up holding of the principle that congress has the right to subpoena the president the Supreme Court including the president s appointees have declared that he is not above the law. The point the path that the plane court has laid out is one that is clearly achievable by us in the lower courts and we will continue to go down that path but the Supreme Court hasnt acted limitations on congress that it will now have to meet in the lower courts and my. In them to prove that any information that is requested would have a direct impact on legislation always hanging over the issue of Donald Trumps tax records are statements like this dating back to before the 2016 election im clean and when i release my Financial Statements my decision sometime prior to election it will only show one thing that i am much richer than people even thought the president has fought their release ever since so there is some comfort to be had for the president Donald Trumps arguments regarding president ial immunity did not win but these rulings will not result in the release of donald trump closely held financial records before novembers elections. The aljazeera washington. Health officials in sri lanka are warning of a major crisis after a sudden spike in coronavirus cases a new cluster has emerged at a rehabilitation facility in central sri lanka at least 253. 00 new cases were found there on thursday 10 percent of the countrys confirmed infections the center has been locked down and Contact Tracing is now on the way after an employee left the center and went on leave. Lets get the very latest details now from Michelle Fernandez shes live from colombo floor so what caused the spike. Well danny this is what Health Authorities are trying to figure out as soon as possible because this center was a drug rehab in a case and sent obviously run by rehabilitation authorities and the 1st that we hood was when a Prison Inmates at a prison facility in colombo he was transferred from this drug facility after spending some time there and when they were tracing back his and associations it filtered back to the Drug Rehab Center and subsequent testing all the inmates of that center revealed this huge number i mean youre talking about the national jumping by 10 percent overnight so yes i mean all of the Bigger Picture of. Infection sri lanka is a blip on the radar but for this country which had a pattern make kept a lid and a control on the spread of the virus just slightly over 2000 cases in all of these months this is a huge concern so thats what theyre trying to figure out what that spot might have been bringing the infection into the Center Obviously a lot of Contract Tracing of people who have been through the center one member of software has been on leave has been diagnosed as being positive she has been taken in from her town which is a place called not sunday also a couple of us from colombo the authorities tell us that there were talking of 10 people stuff members who had moved out of the center on vacation on break and things like that and currently thats trying to get down to the bottom of tracing all of these people and seeing how far the virus has spread so i mean now the countrys only recently opened up any concerns that may be having. Back into long down now. Very early stages for that side of me but people obviously concerned the authorities than serve looking into this quick time because they dont want to abuse the see their good record kind of you know who go astray or old boys but for people like for example the overnight announcement of such a number of cases the early hours of this morning did bring in reports that people were beginning to start stocking up i mean not a huge panic on floors but given the fact that the last time we had a lockdown which turned out to be weeks on end they dont want to be caught unawares schools mind you just went back to session this monday just at the beginning of this week back to not the. School body but selected grades key grades that are facing major exams during the next few months of the year those being brought in on a phased basis so parents also what he does to what this means so all of these things dont forget we have an election in just over 3 weeks time so in terms of restrictions the government hasnt talked about for the districts and so far but people are concerned i mean you know thanks so much. Still ahead on aljazeera reports the u. A. E. Belongs to deal pushed by the trumpet ministration to end the gulf crisis. The most vulnerable populations and individuals are once again being hit hard. A dial warning from the u. N. About the impact of the pandemic on vulnerable groups. But. How i when im place to say its looking a little drive into eastern parts of indonesia but further north youve got the usual rush of showers across Southeast Asia malaysia say 138. 00 millimeters of rain in paddling and the west the weather really makes its way a little further east which is because through the next couple of borneo turning particularly wet southern parts of the philippines still seeing some very heavy showers as we go on through sas then a similar picture as we go on through sunday indonesia seeing one or 2 shall we say more sunshine than showers and plenty of sunshine to across australia though we are seeing some rather wet weather useful right making its way across southern parts of queensland into New South Wales is larry a cloud here will continue to drive its way further east was makes way for the next weather system pushing through actually this rather nasty low that we have just pushing through the pipe that will drive its way further research as we go into next week we could well see some very heavy rain damaging winds the east coast low developing there for monday and choose day but want to rush hours ahead of that for saturday pushing over to eastern side of New South Wales just around the Great Dividing Range the west the weather pushing over towards new zealand possibility some snow here for the southern alps. They signed up for a luxury cruise but some would never come. On. One i want to investigate these ilands did leave ok you know rupture. 0. 20. 0. Back youre watching our time to recap our headlines this hour Aljazeera Programme makers are being questioned by police in malaysia about their documentary on Migrant Workers being locked up during the covert 19 lockdown the countrys police chief says officials are Still Deciding whether charges will be laid. South koreas former president. Has had her 32 Year Prison Sentence for corruption reduced by 10 years south koreas 1st female president was impeached 3 years ago following widespread protests and convictions of bribery investment and abuse of power. The most popular state in india is to be put into a weekend lockdown from friday evening but the pradesh has reported a jump in corona virus infections india now has nearly 800000 cases. Philippine politicians a voted against renewing the license of the country. Largest Television Network effectively taking it off air permanently the move affirms an earlier Government Order to shut down the a. B. S. The b. N. Corporation the government accuses the network of violating its previous license and using tax avoidance schemes critics say the closure is a major blow to press freedom in the philippines voting is underway in singapores general election with Strict Health measures in place Prime Minister lease a new miss party is expected to hold on to power the election comes just weeks after a single or emerge from a 2 month lock down pandemic and the economy a Major Concerns for voters tonight it out emirates is said to be holding up a deal with the gulf states that could end the 3 year locked out lot 3 year long rather blockade of carter thats according to reports by the fox news website george yaro is the c. E. O. Of gulf state analytics he says the u. A. E. Is less likely to change its stance than other countries among the. It is the u. A. E. That is most rigid in its position against dough are where as the saudis have viewed the alleged qatari threat as more of a strategic issue for i would be this is really very much about ideology and ultimately this agenda of blockading qatar came from abu dhabi and i think out of all of the gulf countries putting pressure on cots are the u. A. E. Will be the last one to decide to ease that pressure so it definitely makes sense that it would use its leverage over riyadh to block any u. S. Backed plan aimed at bringing the g. C. C. Countries back together the trumpet ministration is seeing this arabian feud is a big threat to u. S. Interests in the sense that washington would like to have all of the g. C. C. Member states united against the Islamic Republic of iran and this issue has definitely been an irritant for the administration but you know i the defacto ruler of the u. A. E. Crown Prince Mohammed bin zayed whatever people may think about his policies we can all agree that hes no pushover and hes a very strategic thinker when it comes to dealing with Regional International issues australia is hobbling the number of citizens allowed to arrive from overseas since macho nice this and permanent residents are being allowed in Prime Minister Scott Morrison says the decision follows a surge of coronavirus cases in the states in victoria. At a time when victoria was i able to take flights again then obviously the challenges to the system presently caused by the outbreak in victoria would have subsided and that then of course would mean that that be less pressure on the system nationally so until that is under. Under control or even beyond that has been under control in victoria ziba to take up that as does lots again then will be in a restricted to pasadena for the civil future. The u. N. Secretary general is warning the covert 19 pandemic in latin america and the caribbean will plunge millions of people into poverty and turn over terror says women and indigenous communities will be among the hardest hit than your reports from one the scientists. 3rd many in latin america the have it caused by the covert 900. 00 pandemic has only exacerbated already existing problems in the context of already gaping inequalities i levels of informal labor and fragmented Health Services the most vulnerable populations and individuals are once again being hit the hardest. To tear this is one in the poverty across the region will rise by 7 percent and increase equivalent to 45000000 people extreme poverty is also expected to increase by 28000000 to 230000000 people and id rather see what a massive number i learned on the street with my baby girl 4 months ago at the start of the pandemic youre surviving going to a soup kitchen receiving donations just staying afloat. And there are many more about to join him the u. N. Says the number of Unemployed People in the region will also rise an increase of 80000000 to 44000000 in just one year i came there if there are people who found themselves in the streets because theyve lost their jobs theyve never been in that situation before they couldnt pay their rents many of these people have worked their whole lives and feel embarrassed to ask for help. The u. N. Policy brief says the worst affected will be women since theyre more likely to work in the Informal Sector indigenous communities and those of african descent will also be disproportionately hit and the crisis will exacerbate the vulnerability of migrants and refugees. The secretary general is suggesting a number of urgent measures hes calling for greater International Support and major structural changes in the region where you need quality has become untenable it means developing comprehensive welfare systems of thought accessible to all. It means creating a fair taxation system promoting this of jobs search think environmental sustainability and reinforcing social protection mechanisms are. A huge challenge for the number of deaths and infections continue to rise during this one there are 201 osiris. Argentina is seeing the effects of the economic pressure caused by the pandemic sparking antigovernment demonstrations in the capital some rallied on behalf of farmers across the country but many more on happy with the lock down stories about reports. An unusual Independence Day in argentina despite the lockdown in place thousands took to the streets to protest against the government of iraq at the farm and this. Orlando they make or says he voted for the president but is now disappointed in the girl madonna who you know he promised he would improve our pensions and instead of doing that it is getting worse the situation is sad for everyone im buried because i see the government imposed a lockdown almost 4 months ago and its never going away. Argentina so far has been able to control the spread of covert 19 it was one of the 1st countries in the region to impose a Strict Lockdown but the Economic Situation combined with the recent release of prisoners accused of corruption during the government of former president and now Vice President Cristina Fernandez the kershner have many in argentina upset people here are protesting against corruption the Economic Situation the foreign team but also against what they say is an attack against private property by the government last month president and that man has announced that he would explode create all of the largest private borders in the country something that people of years say against argentina powerful agriculture sector. Among all the rest is a farmer in pentagon mino about 2 hours away from the capital he says growing. Props its becoming more difficult have a Day Exchange Rate controls inflation and export taxes have small scale farmers in this area extremely concerned. We are the ones i produce the hard currency and we are taxed in peat 70 percent less than what its worth and i dont understand why instead of helping us produce more theyre always trying to squeeze us president out of the farm and this says that once the pandemic passes all id in times will have to work to help the country recover it is in moment this is the time when the viruses and latin america and we have to pass it what happened in Asia Europe North America and now us we have to survive and we have to rebuild argentina for tomorrow mean of industry min of the Agricultural Sector mean a finance all together we have to build the argentine of it is coming because hatred and division have left us where we are it hurts me to see hatred because it allies to us and it puts us in the worst places human beings i didnt deny struggling with recession and inflation and is negotiating with creditors to restructure it for you debt with unemployment and poverty rate on the rise the challenge is finding consensus to overcome the difficulties ahead. When aside. Lets take you through some of the headlines here and ill just now Aljazeera Programme makers are being questioned by police in malaysia about their documentary on Migrant Workers being locked up during the covert 19 locked out the countrys police chief says officials are Still Deciding whether to charge them south koreas former President Park geun hye has had her 32 Year Prison Sentence for corruption reduced by 10 years south koreas 1st female president was convicted of bribery embezzlement and abuse of power. Rob monk bryant has more. And in the original sentencing she was given a very hefty 32 years total for all of these offenses now last year the Supreme Court here in south korea sent this back to the high court saying it wasnt happy with the way sentencing are being carried out and there was an expectation that she could have faced actually more prison time in fact the prosecution was asking for it to be increased to 35 years well the opposite seems to have happened with the this court now reducing the total time that she is been sentenced to for all the charges all the has sent crimes in office to 22 years. The most populous state in india will be put into a weekend long down from friday evening of the pradesh reports of more than 1200 new cases on thursday india recorded more than 26000 new infections in the past day thats a record high philippine politicians are voted against renewing the license of the countrys largest Television Network faithfully taking it off air permanently the move affirms an earlier Government Order to shut down the a. B. S. C b n corp critics say the closure is a major blow to press freedom in the Philippines Health officials in sri lanka are warning of a major crisis after a sudden spike in corona virus cases at least 253 new cases were found at the rehabilitation facility on thursday both things underway d in singapores general election with Strict Health measures in place Prime Minister lee hsien nums part is expected to hold on to power for pandemic and the economy a Major Concerns for voters. Its. July 995 the summer that witnessed one of the worst crimes of the 20th century the massacre of thousands of. Special coverage of the 25th anniversary of the sort of genocide on and just. It was meant to be the cruise of a lifetime a luxury trip around new zealand to soak up the countrys natural beauty. But then disaster struck. Cruise ship passengers were trapped in the middle of a volcanic eruption on wife island. Scenes of death and suffering confronted witnesses thats something that i never thought id have to say and something i had thought id have to say again what i want to investigate how a dream holiday