Portuguese reporters deported

Portuguese reporters deported

KUPANG, East Nusa Tenggara: Three Portuguese reporters
arrested by police for illegally entering East Nusa Tenggara from
East Timor were deported to East Timor on Saturday.

The three reporters from SIC Television, identified as Faria
Fernando Jorge Castro, 28, De Oliveira Ferreira, 29, and Stoffel
Pereira Countinho, 25, were apprehended in the North Timor Tengah
town of Mota Ain, which is adjacent to East Timor, the head of
the local immigration office, Gatot Suharyono, said.

"They were apprehended as they were interviewing an East
Timorese figure living in East Nusa Tenggara," Gatot was quoted
by Antara as saying.

He said the three entered Mota Ain from Dili, the capital of
East Timor, on Feb. 2 without asking permission from the local
immigration office, although they possessed a visa from the
Indonesian consulate in Darwin, Australia. (jun)