Today Tonight's Naomi Faces Deportation
September 13th 2006 13:56
From the Sydney Morning Herald:
Seven network personality Naomi Robson faces deportation from Indonesia after being caught attempting to enter the troubled province of Papua on a tourist visa.
Indonesian police stopped the Today Tonight current affairs show host and her four-member crew at Jayapura airport on Wednesday morning after a tip-off about their impending arrival.
The five were questioned at a nearby hotel and are expected to be deported for breaching visa regulations.
They may also be fined and blacklisted from ever entering the country again.
"I can confirm that there are five journalists from Channel Seven, the Australian TV broadcaster," Indonesian foreign affairs department spokesman Desra Percaya said from Jakarta.
"They were entering Indonesia through Denpasar and then Jayapura.
"When we looked at papers, the documentation, it seems there was a breach of immigration regulation, meaning that they entered Indonesia using the on-arrival visa which is for tourism, while we do have some information and other indication that they are going to do some kind of journalistic activity.
"That's why they were being questioned by the local authorities, by the police.
"It is still being processed."
The spokesman said there were three punishment possibilities for breaching the visa regulations - immediate deportation, deportation and a fine, or deportation, a fine and blacklisting.
"There is no decision on that yet," Mr Percaya said.
He said authorities received information on Tuesday that the five were due to arrive on a tourist visa on Wednesday.
Mr Percaya said the five had been questioned but were not detained.
"They are not held - they are staying in a hotel and the processes are being done," he said.
An Australian Department of Foreign Affairs and Trade spokesman confirmed that the five were discussing their internal travel arrangements with the Indonesian authorities.
A Seven Network spokeswoman said Ms Robson was overseas on a special assignment, which was expected to last for a few weeks.
Papua was the centre of a diplomatic row between Australia and Indonesia earlier this year after Australia granted protection visas to 43 boat people who fled the province claiming persecution by Indonesian authorities.
The asylum seekers were part of a separatist movement which claims that the Indonesian military is carrying out genocide in the province.
AAP
SMH.com.au
I was going to throw this topic up... what are some of the other achievements that current affairs program have made?
C'mon, we can't go past some of the best of them...
Seven network personality Naomi Robson faces deportation from Indonesia after being caught attempting to enter the troubled province of Papua on a tourist visa.
Indonesian police stopped the Today Tonight current affairs show host and her four-member crew at Jayapura airport on Wednesday morning after a tip-off about their impending arrival.
The five were questioned at a nearby hotel and are expected to be deported for breaching visa regulations.
They may also be fined and blacklisted from ever entering the country again.
"I can confirm that there are five journalists from Channel Seven, the Australian TV broadcaster," Indonesian foreign affairs department spokesman Desra Percaya said from Jakarta.
"They were entering Indonesia through Denpasar and then Jayapura.
"When we looked at papers, the documentation, it seems there was a breach of immigration regulation, meaning that they entered Indonesia using the on-arrival visa which is for tourism, while we do have some information and other indication that they are going to do some kind of journalistic activity.
"That's why they were being questioned by the local authorities, by the police.
"It is still being processed."
The spokesman said there were three punishment possibilities for breaching the visa regulations - immediate deportation, deportation and a fine, or deportation, a fine and blacklisting.
"There is no decision on that yet," Mr Percaya said.
He said authorities received information on Tuesday that the five were due to arrive on a tourist visa on Wednesday.
Mr Percaya said the five had been questioned but were not detained.
"They are not held - they are staying in a hotel and the processes are being done," he said.
An Australian Department of Foreign Affairs and Trade spokesman confirmed that the five were discussing their internal travel arrangements with the Indonesian authorities.
A Seven Network spokeswoman said Ms Robson was overseas on a special assignment, which was expected to last for a few weeks.
Papua was the centre of a diplomatic row between Australia and Indonesia earlier this year after Australia granted protection visas to 43 boat people who fled the province claiming persecution by Indonesian authorities.
The asylum seekers were part of a separatist movement which claims that the Indonesian military is carrying out genocide in the province.
AAP
SMH.com.au
I was going to throw this topic up... what are some of the other achievements that current affairs program have made?
C'mon, we can't go past some of the best of them...
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