(RSF/IFEX) – Stephanie Vaessen, a reporter for the Dutch public television network NOS, has been ordered to leave Indonesia within a week by Akhmadsyah Naina, director of journalistic affairs at the Department of Information. Vaessen had entered the parliament building without the proper press identification during a People’s Consultative Assembly meeting in order to interview […]
(RSF/IFEX) – Stephanie Vaessen, a reporter for the Dutch public television
network NOS, has been ordered to leave Indonesia within a week by Akhmadsyah
Naina, director of journalistic affairs at the Department of Information.
Vaessen had entered the parliament building without the proper press
identification during a People’s Consultative Assembly meeting in order to
interview a former armed forces Brigadier-General. The journalist and her
two assistants were apprehended and detained by police for 11 hours before
being released.
Recommended Action
Send appeals to authorities:
journalistic work, expelling her from the country is too severe a punishment
Appeals To
His Excellency General Suharto
President
Office of the President
Bina Graha, Jalan Veteran No. 17
Jakarta Pusal, Indonesia
Fax: +62 21 345 4438
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