Philip Jacobson was arrested in Indonesia for supposedly violating a visa law in regards of having an expired visa. Jacobson is being accused of breaking that law in which the government is saying that he was in the country with an expired visa. Jacobson, who reports on a environmental-news agency Mongabay, was arrested last Tuesday and was able to be set on bail and now faces either deportation or a possible prison sentence in Indonesia. Indonesia's Prime Minister states that Jacobson did not have a proper visa for journalists but Jacobson's lawyer is putting the defense saying that Jacobson was not their for any journalistic business rather he was there for a former colleague that lives in the country. Jacobson has been barred to leave the city by the government so they can continue with the trial. The most possible outcome is that Jacobson gets deported.
Source: https://www.wsj.com/articles/u-s-journalist-arrested-in-indonesia-faces-possible-prison-sentence-11579948813
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