Malaysia police raid Al Jazeera's office, seize computers
Al Jazeera, a Qatari-state owned broadcaster, said in a statement that police seized two computers during the raid, which it called a troubling escalation" in a government crackdown on media freedom. Police opened an investigation last month into the Al Jazeera documentary on the treatment of undocumented migrants after officials complained it was inaccurate and biased. Seven Al Jazeera staff members have been grilled by police as part of the probe for alleged sedition, defamation and violating the Communications and Multimedia Act. Police obtained court warrants to search the offices of Al Jazeera as well as local broadcasters Astro and Unifitv, criminal investigation chief Huzir Mohamed said in a statement. Al Jazeera said the raid was an attack on press freedom as a whole" and urged Malaysian authorities to cease the criminal investigation.