60 Minutes reporter Liam Bartlett and TV crew detained in Kiribati
Australian Channel Nine crew held at a hotel with officials stationed outside their rooms after being denied a filming permit
A Channel Nine reporter and a crew from 60 Minutes have been detained in a hotel on the Pacific island archipelago of Kiribati after they arrived in the country without appropriate media permits.
It is understood that the journalist Liam Bartlett and the crew were there to film a story about the recent decision of the Kiribati government to sever diplomatic ties with Taiwan and establish diplomatic relations with China.