Pontianak (Agencies) – The Alliance of Independent Journalists (AJI) Indonesia Saturday expressed its concern about the expel of five Australian journalists from Papua when they were carried out their jobs in the province.

AJI chairman Heru Hendratmoko said that the deportation of the five television journalists was a violation against the Indonesian press law, ruling that journalists are free to carry out their jobs.

Quoted by Antara news agency, Heru said that the deportation would hamper image of Indonesia because it may spark accusation that the authorities were not being transparent about the province.

Presenter Naomi Robson of the public affairs program "Today Tonight" and four members of her film crew arrived at the Papuan capital Jayapura Wednesday on tourist visas and were questioned by authorities soon after.

Today Tonight told its viewers Thursday that the crew had gone to Papua to rescue a six-year-old orphan boy named Wa Wa who is destined to be eaten by his tribe, "the last known practicing cannibals on earth."

The network crew were escorted by immigration officials on board a commercial flight Thursday from Papua to the national capital, Jakarta, en route to Australia, Papua Police Chief Maj. Gen. Tommy Jacobus said. "They admitted to being journalists who were intending to report on events here," Jacobus was quoted by AP as saying.