A television correspondent for Swedish public broadcaster SvT was deported Friday from Zimbabwe. Police arrested Fredrik Sperling earlier Friday in the capital Harare, and he was later branded a "prohibited immigrant", SvT's acting foreign news editor David Oscarsson said. Sperling was not physically hurt, but the arresting police officers were "rude and unpleasant". It was the second time this week that Sperling, who was accredited to cover the parliamentary elections, ran into trouble with the authorities. On Wednesday he was questioned for several hours at a police station after filming outside a farm previously owned by a white commercial farmer, and accused of trespassing. That incident likely triggered his expulsion. Sperling was put on a plane for South Africa after having been stripped of his media accreditation. Oscarsson said Sperling was not allowed to collect his television camera or other belongings. Public broadcaster Sveriges Television has filed a complaint with the Zimbabwean embassy. --SP 2227 Local Time 1927 GMT
