A reduced sentence to south koreas former president will now spend 22 years in prison over corruption india prepares to long down its biggest state again as more than 26000 coronavirus cases are altered in one day. An aljazeera investigation delves into facebooks handling of racist hate speech on. Aljazeera Programme Makers are being questioned by police in malaysia about their documentary on Migrant Workers being locked up during the 19 lock down police say theyre investigating the program for sedition defamation and violation of the communications in the media act aljazeera has responded with a statement calling on the lation authorities to respect Media Freedom and desist from treating its journalists as criminals. Says it has serious concerns about developments that have occurred in malaysia since the broadcast of its one o one east investigative documentary locked out malaysias lockdown 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 and faction rates under lockdown with people tested and some fingerprinted foreigners without valid documents were arrested alasia officials and state television have criticized the reporters being inaccurate misleading and unfair as attempts to interview government ministers and officials during production were declined staff have experienced sustained Online Harassment since the broadcast on one east is an asia Pacific CurrentAffairs Program its one Numerous International awards malaysias top policeman spoke to the media he dismissed questions over the journalist being treated unfairly he was asked whether the staff were free to go. But at the moment. Is there a need for them to leave the country. The way. We were checked with the us. If you will decide in the middle few days in. Any case then it would be a charge but i dont think the reason why we did feel that they want to call bill for india. To be free im not going to intimidate them im not going to allow anyone to harm to cause harm or to instigate the hum down please b b b b b b be professional about it. We still allow them. Access to the best lawyers or whatever it is the agent is sacked the idea we keep. All of the lawyers representing the al jazeera Staff Members spoke as the team entered the Police Station denying police complaints. If. You. Want. Human rights watch has called 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 specious charges Prime Minister my head in your scene should recognise that everyone has a right to criticize their government without fear of investigation or prosecution aljazeera english is managing director john strangles defended his teams work he says theyre not only faced legal scrutiny what will threaten the on line too. We were very concerned the fact is that we felt they did a very fair and balanced program and then for them to be called in by the criminal Investigation Division of the police and to be summoned to answer questions and for. Words like sedition and defamation to be to be used as possible laws to be invoked we are we are very concerned were concerned on that front and we were also very concerned for the safety of our staff because as well as the summons to the police there was an extreme online reaction which consisted of threats intimidation abuse and even Death Threats from people on social media. Which was very concerning as well so we were encouraged by the police the remarks of the police chief which you just showed which in which he assured. Assured the press conference that our journalists would be safe as well as the trolling and the boxing of some of our staff and when i say doc singh what i mean is is using online means to try and find personal details and then publish them publicly i believe this is also happening to some of the characters who in the film some who spoke anonymously and its a great concern and one Human Rights Group has called it a witch hunt you know that these individuals their photographs pictures of them have been shown in the streets and posted online and it does seem that there is a. Sort of atmosphere online to try and get information on these people and expose them and to find out where they are which of course is not just online but has very real offline risks to it because you never know where all this online abuse and intimidation and Death Threats that have been Death Threats to our staff you know never know where this might end so we are very concerned for both the staff and for the characters that appeared in the in the documentary. South koreas former President Park geun hye has had had 32 Year Prison Sentence for corruption reduced by 10 years south koreas 1st female president was impeached 3 years ago following huge protests and convicted of bribery embezzlement and abuse of power our correspondent Robert Bryant has more from seoul is this all dates back of course to park your own haze 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 although her sent crimes in office to 22 years also reducing the the fine shes meant to pay from 25000000 dollars to 15000000. 00 in their ruling the High Court Judges the 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. All schools in hong kong are being closed to stem the daily increase in code with 19 infections 42 new cases were reported on thursday the majority locally transmitted many schools have been shut since february because of the outbreak indias most populous state is set to go back under lockdown as the country deals with a rise in corona virus infections there. The weekend lockdown 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 thats a record high elizabeth random is in new delhi has this analysis of why other professions 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. 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 the 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 Something Like 56. 00 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. Health workers in sri lanka are warning of a major crisis because of a sudden increase in corona virus infections a rehabilitation facility has reported a cluster of around 250. 00 cases thats 10 percent of all confirmed infections the senses locked down on Contact Tracing on the way from employee left to go on leave. Still ahead of al jazeera back in china again World Health Organization experts trying to track down how the corona virus pandemic started. England lifts its travel restrictions more than 50 countries no more 2 week quarantine upon arrival. Hello welcomes another look at the International Focus and for a day have more rain in the forecast for japan over the next couple of days still plenty of cloud showing its hand here this area of low pressure just stay around the Korean Peninsula and be the Main Driving Force for that wetter weather see go on through the next day or 2 pushing further race which is going to slide across the sitter most of the heavy rain will actually fall over the open waters but western parts of honshu will see some heavy showers war rain in the forecast it was last week but more rain on saturated ground flooded ground falling back into q. C. We can follow it back across east china through the East China Sea stretches from shanghai to woo ha notching a little further north which as we go on through sunday something thankfully light something of a rest by the fall q. C. But the showers never too far away and the sweater weather rule moves through the elysee towards the Korean Peninsula and beyond as we go on into next week plenty of rain supercross south asia heavy downpours continuing across that western side of india pushing up towards good herat just wards to the border with pakistan and good will see some lively showers and look in particular over the next couple of days just around northern bangladesh northeast of india and the pool. A Global Pandemic mass protests demanding change economic recession and geo political tensions not to mention the small matter of a looming election join me Steve Clemons in conversation with leading voices on the bottom line your weekly take on u. S. Politics and society on aljazeera. Play an Important Role protecting it would. Ringback welcome back youre watching out the 0 time to recap the headlines now al jazeera journalists are being questioned by police in malaysia about their documentary on Migrant Workers locked up during the covert 19 lockdown the countrys police chief says officials are Still Deciding whether charges will be laid out just 0 denies allegations the program is inaccurate misleading and unfair its urging Media Freedom south koreas president former President Park geun hye have had 2032 Year Prison Sentence for corruption reduced by 10 years south koreas 1st female president was impeached following widespread protests 3 years ago the victims of bribery embezzlement and abuse of power. The most populous state in india is to be put into a we can lock down from friday evening with a pradesh is recorded a jump in corona virus infections india now has nearly 800000 cases. More in our top story now as journalist being questioned by police in malaysia. Naidu is the executive director of the center for independent journalism she says the government is increasingly clamping down on this end. The governments actions were concerning because the Immediate Reaction that they thought it was to upon the scene of the documentary was to basically investigate rather than provide. This form of justification in terms of what was being enacted a new documentary in a given society we would have expected that the government even consider it a conducting an independent inquiry to see if there were indeed any possibility of mismanagement abuse of power but you know the institution of the reaction of the sea is something that its not new or something that would be a i mean if you take a step back its really not surprising because just in the call up of the last 4 months weve seen a pie in the strenuous basis basically for media especially read media independent media especially being denied access to stay press conferences they were also being denied access to be one day condescending we had so accessible to be granted to state media shows we hear now about all in the last 4 months or so the coming in to cover of the new team of the new government you see many in town. Is that it has of differences in opinion or incidents of the news the reports of them being published that pleases the government in a very unfavorable like weve seen the government to. Take immediate action that is really not necessarily very legitimate necessary or proportionate. England may see an influx of International Passenger arrivals with people traveling from 59 countries no longer needing to quarantine the compulsory 2 weeks of isolation has been scrapped for travelers from countries considered reduced risk then clued spain italy australia and japan the u. S. Is not on the list scotland however says itll still quarantine passengers from places with high virus numbers including spain. Lets go live now to rory chalons es standing by for us at London City Airport so things picking up again at londons apple its. Yeah id say these are small tentative steps encouraging baby steps is how the people. Explained it to me today they have 4 flights just for coming in over the course of today now that is about 5 to 10 percent of where they would perhaps normally be at this time in the Summer Season city airport is i think the smallest airport that this service is london properly it actually shut down completely for 3 months over the lockdown period this is their 1st day with flights coming in and out again the other big airports gatwick and heathrow scaled back dramatically but they never stopped flights completely as a city airport did so yeah for the people who are coming in today they the 4 flights are coming from 3 spanish destinations one is having destination. Will not have to self isolates when they come in they can just walk through departures out the front door get in their taxis hop on the train or whatever and go back to their homes and carry on normal life as you say there are some destinations not being served by city airports at the moment but some destinations such as the United States china etc where that 2 week or unseen for passengers arriving back in england does still apply all right thanks so much rory chalons. Voting is underway in singapores general election with Strict Health measures in place Prime Minister his. Party is expected to hold on to power the election comes just weeks after singapore emerged from a 2 month lockdown a pandemic and the major and the economy are Major Concerns for voters a team from the World Health Organization is making its 3rd trip to china to investigate the origin of the corona Virus Outbreak its been 6 months since the 1st infections were documented by the agency and theres katrina you reports from beijing doctors there are now busy treating patients in new clusters. In this laboratory in beijing scientists are racing to develop a vaccine to end the pandemic in china and around the world but about 6 months since the virus 1st spread from the city of on this team warns that a vaccine is at least a year away. In the past we start. Etc now were doing step a. B. C. At the same time but developing a vaccine in a few months is impossible we have to wait at least until next year for market use thats a best Case Scenario chinas Government Supports about 20 labs like this one chinese leaders are working to curb the recent resurgence in infections in herb a province in the capital beijing. The government says more than 11000000 people have been tested since the beginning of june more than 300 factions have been confirmed in the capital in recent weeks the latest outbreak in func thai district is linked to the biggest wholesale food market in the capital there have been new local transmissions in recent days the president s remains worried about how the break started what is origin of the virus and how the al brain happened recently in beijing most the residents live in fear because they dont know the real story overall Health Organization team is jews who arrive in china this weekend to investigate the origin of the outbreak the 3rd trip to the country this year the agency was reportedly frustrated by the chinese governments lack of communication with the epidemic 1st came to light chinas leaders denied any cover up and are unlikely to take responsibility for the spread of the pandemic instead 2 1000000000. 00 has been put to the w. H. O. And china is also warned millions to socalled mobs to put. China will solve is a virus problem is money china is happy to use this economic tool rather than taking their. Responsibility for the. In beijing large scale gatherings and classes have been indefinitely to start for everyone living here the return to normality is far from straightforward and the fear of infection remains a part of everyday life katrina aljazeera beijing. More protests have been held in serbia over the governments handling of the current virus pandemic demonstrators defied a 10 person limit on gatherings restrictions were announced after 2 nights of fighting between police and protesters over lock down measures president alexander has accused some protesters of trying to inflict serious damage all of this happening as the leaders of kosovo and serbia hold their 1st talks in 18 months to ease tensions between the 2 sides its being done by video link set to be followed by further talks in brussels on sunday kosovo declared independence from serbia in 2008 that serbia doesnt recognize it as a country australia is harboring that amber of citizens allowed to arrive from overseas since march only citizens and permanent residents have been allowed in and now the Prime Minister says the decision follows a surge of coronavirus cases in the state of victoria at a time when victoria was 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 be less pressure on the system nationally so until that is under. Under control or even beyond that has been under control and the tories are able to take up the. Flights again then well be in a restricted to pass city for the future. 2 more latin american politicians have been infected by cope with 19 bolivias interim president janine and as was diagnosed and is now in quarantine the head of it as well as National Constituent assembly the also tested positive earlier this week brazils president jalal sonar went into isolation after he was confirmed to be infected aljazeera as Investigative Unit has uncovered hundreds of pages on facebook used by White Supremacists to promote racist views with violence song lyrics facebook is facing a boycott from major advertisers who won the social media site to be tougher and racist content simon bars men reports. In 2019 facebook made a public commitment to stop white supremacist content on its platform but out as 0 Investigative Unit has discovered that this content is still online and just a view clicks away. Out to 0 as investigation uncovered more than 100. 00 pages belonging to black metal music bands record labels and promote all affiliated to White Supremacists and using facebook to spread their ideology one band mixed the muslim call to prayer with gunshots. Facebook claims to find nearly 90 percent of the hate speech before its reported but out is 0 discovered pages containing racist content that have existed for years. White supremacists always used extreme music whether that be hardcore punk or in this case black metal as a recruitment opportunity for them social media has completely changed the way in which people come into contact with far right use and far right materials in this case far right music. Facebooks algorithm tailors your search results to your interests if you land on pages that contain anti semitic imagery nazi symbols or black face then facebook will direct you to more pages with similar content. Following the black lives matter protests in the United States some of the biggest brands in the world have begun boycotting the site urging it to crack down hard on hate speech. In response to our investigation facebook told our dizzier unfortunately 0 tolerance doesnt mean 0 incidents and added we have removed 3 pages for breaking our rules and are reviewing the remaining 2 against our policies facebook wants to be seen as a tech company promoting Free Expression but there are growing calls for it to place its content in a similar way to media organizations so im in bozeman how does or. The United States top military general says theres no place in the armed forces for symbols of racism general mark milley testified about the militarys role in response to the recent unrest triggered by the killing of unarmed black man george floyd he appeared alongside u. S. Defense secretary mark esper face criticism for using the National Guard during protests as said use of the guard was the appropriate response i want to make very clear that no active duty military unit engaged protesters or otherwise took part direct part in civilian Law Enforcement or federal Protection Missions in the district of columbia or anywhere else in the country and with regard to the role the National Guard played in Lafayette Park on june 1 i also want to make clear the following that the guard did not advance on the ground. That the guard did not shoot rubber bullets that the guard did not employ chemical agents of any type rather the guard remained in a static role as backup to Law Enforcement if needed i have many policemen in my family and i am personally outraged by george boyd brutal and central killing the protests that have ensued not only speak to this injustice but also to centuries but in justice toward black america. We as a nation and as a military still struggling with racism we have much work to do libyas u. N. Recognize government is set to resume oil exports the National Oil Company is lifting restrictions imposed for 6 months due to the blockade by warlords only for half the fighters the blockade cost the tripoli based government billions of dollars in lost revenue and state companies warning shipments to International Buyers will be limited until major damage to infrastructure is repaired. Take you through some of the headlines now al jazeera journalists are being questioned by police in malaysia about their documentary on Migrant Workers during the lockdown the countrys police chief says officials are Still Deciding whether charges will be laid out to syria denies allegations the program is inaccurate misleading and unfair syrias urging Media Freedom one of the lawyers d representing the al jazeera Staff Members spoke as the team entered the Police Station denying police complaints. Either. You. Or your. Just 0 english is managing director giles trendall defended the teams work. We were very concerned the fact is that we felt they did a very fair and balanced program and then for them to be called in by the criminal Investigation Division of the police and to be summoned to answer questions and for. Words like sedition and defamation to be to be used as possible laws to be invoked we are we are very concerned 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 following widespread protests 3 years ago she was convicted of bribery embezzlement and abuse of power the most populous state in india is to be put into a weekend lockdown from friday evening a profession is recorded a jump in corona virus infections india now has nearly 800000 cases all schools in hong kong are of being closed to stem the daily increase in code with 19 infections 42 new cases reported on thursday majority locally transmitted many schools have been shut down since february because of the outbreak england may see an influx of International Passenger arrivals with people travelling from 59 countries no longer required to go into quarantine a compulsory 2 week self isolation has been scrapped for travellers from countries considered reduce risk its the bottom line there. Hi im Steve Clements and i have a question is covering 1000 sparking a revolution in College Education lets get to the bottom line. The Novel Coronavirus is struck americas Education System like lightning bolts at tsunami at a massive earthquake combined more and more schools and universities have decided to avoid face to face teaching for the next school year and replace it with Online Education the shift that started last a message has been huge and it has exposed a lot of weaknesses across the system just this week Harvard University announced will have no in person classes the entire next year and with no in person classes the federal government has told International Students you cant stay in america huge shift so we have to wonder what kind of educational model will emerge from this pandemic will peep