Jayapura, Papua (ANTARA News) - The Jayapura immigration authorities said two French journalists would be deported to their country through Jakarta on Wednesday.
Head of the Jayapura immigration office Robert Silitonga said Baudoin Koeniag and Carol Helene Lorthiois of Mano Mano TV Arte would be deported because they violated their coverage permits
The TV journalists were arrested while covering a rally in front of the Papuan legislative building on Tuesday afternoon, he said.
From their questioning, it was revealed that the only journalist who got the news coverage permit was only Baudoin Koeniag.
The permit was issued by the tourism and cultural ministry in Jakarta on April 20, 2010, to cover such areas as Aceh, Jakarta, Bali, Gorontalo, and Sorong (Papua), he said.
Jayapura, the capital of Papuan Province, was not on the list, he said adding that the news reporting permit was given to them to make a documentary film on future Indonesia.
Carol Helene Lorthiois herself entered Indonesia by using a tourism visa. The French nationals would be flown for Jakarta by Garuda Indonesia and later deported, Silitonga said.
Besides being deported, the two French journalists would also be blacklisted, he said.