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(SMH) Australian journalist Candace Sutton faces deportation from Indonesia

12/12/2018



An Australian journalist is facing possible deportation from Indonesia after being caught working on the Bali nine executions story while on a tourist visa.

Daily Mail reporter Candace Sutton had been filing articles under an anonymous byline from Cilacap, a port town near the execution island of Nusakambangan.

"It started with an information yesterday that a foreign reporter was doing journalistic activities at the Nusakambangan ferry dock," said Aditya Perdana, a spokesman for Cilacap's immigration office.  

"We went there to meet the person but she's gone. Then we got info where she stayed so we went there and we met her at the hotel she's staying.

Security has been tight in Cilacap, with journalists forbidden from catching the ferry to the island. Nusakambangan is 121 square kilometres and, along with hosting seven prisons, is a popular recreational spot.

Tourists can go on the island but must be supervised and return by 6pm.

The restrictions follow chaotic scenes when five foreigners were executed there last month, with journalists posing as fishermen in an attempt to get on the island and film the killings.

Indonesian authorities have been scrutinising the visas of journalists in Bali, making occasional sweeps outside Kerobokan prison where many congregate each day to check their bonafides.

Daily Mail editor Luke McIlveen declined to respond to requests for comment.