Al Jazeera hits back at Finas’ claim it needed licence to film
Al Jazeera reporters at Bukit Aman for police questioning on July 10. Police are investigating the TV channel over its controversial documentary Locked Up in Malaysia’s Lockdown. – The Malaysian Insight file pic, July 22, 2020.
AL Jazeera has hit back at the National Film Development Corporation’s assertion that it needed a licence to shoot a recent documentary in Malaysia, saying the corporation’s own guidelines states it is unnecessary for the category of filming involved. In a tweet tonight, Al Jazeera English managing director Giles Trendle said that its 101 East programme, which aired the controversial documentary Locked Up in Malaysia’s Lockdown recently, did not need flout Finas’ rules.
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