Bangladeshi migrant Mohammad Rayhan Kabir, who was arrested after appearing in an Al Jazeera documentary, has been deported to Bangladesh from Malaysia.
A Malaysia Airlines flight MH196, carrying Rayhan, landed at Hazrat Shahjalal International Airport in Dhaka around 12:55am on Saturday, confirmed Shariful Islam, the head of Brac Migration Program.
Shariful and Rayhan's father Shah Alam received him at the airport.
Earlier, Rayhan was taken to Kuala Lumpur International Airport around 9pm (Malaysian time) on Friday by immigration officers to catch the scheduled flight of 11pm (Malaysian Time) from the airport.
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Rayhan was in handcuffs before being taken to the immigration counter.
On Wednesday, two lawyers representing the Bangladeshi expatriate said Malaysia's Immigration Department has decided to deport Rayhan without pressing any charges against him.
Rayhan was featured in the Al Jazeera documentary "Locked Up in Malaysia's Lockdown" that documented the mistreatment of migrants by Malaysian authorities during the movement control order.
The documentary tackled the Malaysian government's "military-style" raids on migrant communities under the pretext of coronavirus management.
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Rayhan expressed concern about the government's actions in the documentary.
He was arrested on July 24 following a two-week manhunt, after the Immigration Department issued a wanted notice against him. After the arrest, he was taken into the custody of Malaysian authorities for interrogation.
In addition to having his work permit revoked, Rayhan was blacklisted from ever entering Malaysia again.
Malaysian police are also investigating Al Jazeera for sedition, in addition to the violation of several other Malaysian laws.
