Senior Reporter/Producer Chan Tau Chou and Producer Sarah Yeo with the award.
101 East, Al Jazeera’s weekly Asian current affairs programme, has been named a winner at the 21st Annual Human Rights Press Awards in Hong Kong for the second straight year.
Malaysia: Babies for Sale, a film by 101 East Senior Reporter/Producer Chan Tau Chou and Producer Sarah Yeo, won the English broadcast category award at a ceremony in Hong Kong on Saturday.
Another 101 East film, Maid in Singapore, a programme about domestic workers from Myanmar by Lynn Lee and James Leong, won a merit award. Malaysia: Babies for Sale was the result of an undercover investigation into the sinister world of baby selling, where infants are sold to the highest bidder.
The film exposed how babies are advertised online and buyers can customise a baby based on gender, race and skin colour. It sparked a Malaysian police investigation that resulted in the arrests of a number of doctors and traffickers.
It is the second consecutive year that 101 East has won the award.
“It’s an honour to be included in these prestigious awards,” Chan said.
