VP office staffer boots journalists

JAKARTA: Journalists covering presidential affairs protested on Tuesday after being expelled from the press room at the office of Vice President Jusuf Kalla.

Staff members in the Vice President's office moved the journalists to a room near the parking lot, preventing them from covering Kalla's daily activities.

"I don't know anything about this. I was just told that journalists should stay away from the Vice President's office," Umar, an official in the vice presidential press bureau, said.

Earlier in the month, journalists were also prevented from covering the activities of the Vice President. -- JP