JAYAPURA: Six Japanese documentary makers have been deported from Indonesia after being caught trying to make a film in the sensitive province of Papua without the correct visas, an immigration official said.
The men, who were working for Nagano Production House, were flown out of the country Thursday after being arrested while filming a documentary about tribes people in the town of Wamena, said local immigration chief Yopie Watimena.
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