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French journalists' legal case continues
The immigration office in Jayapura, Papua, is continuing to work on the legal process for two French journalists who have been detained for abusing their tourist visas
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he immigration office in Jayapura, Papua, is continuing to work on the legal process for two French journalists who have been detained for abusing their tourist visas.
'[The two journalists] have to comply with the legal process. We have to complete the dossiers and hand them to the prosecutor's office before their detention period ends on Oct. 13,' Jesaya Samuel Enok, the head of Jayapura Immigration Office's immigration status section, said on Tuesday.
He stated that the two journalists, Thomas Dandois, 40, and Valentine Bourrat, 29, entered Indonesia on tourist visas but conducted journalistic activities during their stay.
According to Law No. 6/2011 on immigration, perpetrators of visa abuse and people who instruct or enable others to do so could face five years in prison and be fined Rp 500 million (US$42,545).
