Maldives deports German TV crew for “filming without permit”
A four-member TV crew from German public broadcaster ARD has been deported over alleged violations of visa regulations. The immigration department said in a statement that filming on a tourist visa was against the law and visa regulations.
16 Dec 2015, 9:00 AM
A four-member TV crew from German public broadcaster ARD has been deported for filming in several locations across the Maldives without a permit.
Sanjay Kumar, a producer at ARD’s South Asia bureau, told The Maldives Independent yesterday that the police picked up the crew from the island of Himandhoo in Alif Alif atoll around 11:00am and brought them to the police headquarters in Malé.
“Then we were handed over to the immigration department. We stayed there for more than six hours,” Kumar said.
The crew included three Indians and one German national. All four were sent back to India last night. The immigration department said in a statement that filming on a tourist visa was against the law and visa regulations.
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