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Governor among Bali officials reported to human rights commission The International Society for Krishna Consciousness (ISKCON), also locally known as Hare Krishna, filed the report against about a dozen people to Komnas HAM yesterday, the list of which included Koster. “One of the people we reported for human rights violations is the governor of Bali … [We] suspect that there are human rights violations against our organization, ISKCON Foundation Indonesia which is headquartered in Bali,” ISKCON Indonesia secretary general, Putu Wijaya, said.
Bali Governor Wayan Koster has been accused of hindering worshipping activities by a religious organization, which this week moved to file a report at the National Commission on Human Rights (Komnas HAM).
Wijaya alleged that ISKCON has been obstructed from conducting their worshipping activities, noting that the foundation is officially recognized by the Religious Affairs Ministry, Law and Human Rights Ministry, as well as the Parisada Hindu Dharma Indonesia (PHDI), which is the country’s leading authority on Hinduism. Earlier this year in April, the Krishna Balaram Ashram in Denpasar — where Hare Krishna is practiced — was closed
and prohibited from carrying out its activities. This follows the decision by PHDI’s Bali chapter and the province’s Majelis Desa Adat (MDA), or traditional village council, to prohibit ISKCON’s activities, which was formalized in a joint declaration signed last December “We were told that we defied the Bali dresta (traditional Balinese code). But we are all Balinese, our ancestors and fathers are Balinese. Our teacher who is acting as our chairman is also Balinese,” Wijaya said. A representative of ISKCON’s legal team, Dewa Krisna Prasada, claimed that the organization has been persecuted by the local village authority and mass organizations, who entered their holy spaces with force and insulted a figure the group regarded as holy. “All of their actions are recorded on CCTV and we have submitted all this evidence to Komnas HAM,” Krisna said.
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Back To School Indonesia To Reopen Schools Under Strict Health Protocols On Monday last week the Indonesian President, Joko Widodo, has officially given his approval for the schools in Indonesia to reopen and to restart face-to-face learning again more than one year after all schools nationwide have been closed due the ongoing COVID-19 pandemic since, at least, the middle of last year.
Minister of Health, Budi Gunadi Sadikin, told reporters at a press conference held at the State Palace in Jakarta last week adding that the school reopening policy requires all teacher and staff to be fully vaccinated against COVID-19. Unfortunately this vaccination requirement won’t protect anyone else than the teachers themselves as even a fully vaccinated person can still carry the SARS-CoV-2 virus and can transmit it to others.
still opt for online learning instead of sending their kids back to school for a few hours a week. Recent surveys have shown that a large percentage of parents stil favor remote learning and are, due to health-risk concerns, not ready to send their kids to school.
actual number of Covid-19 cases in their area which might become some sort of a problem after the Indonesian Health Minister has admitted that he The Indonesian Child protection has evidence that a number of Commission (KPAI) warned regencies have deliberately earlier that the decision to reduced the number of tests in partially reopen schools must be order to achieve a lower number taken under a risk-based of new COVID-19 infections and approach. KPAI chairwoman a better risk status and to be Retno Listyarti said districts able to restart business must be honest in reporting the activities without disturbance.
But this approval comes with some conditions. The maximum capacity is limited to 25% of the students and individual student are only permitted to attend Sadikin stressed that face-toschool on two days per week for face in-person learning is not two hours the Indonesian mandatory and that parents can
We’ll Take A Closer Look Foreigners In Bali Under Stricter Supervision has stated the the police will increase the supervision of foreigners staying or holidaying in Bali to avoid further disturbance caused by Following the recent porn video foreigners breaking the law or scandals and other issues violating local customs and involving foreigners on the regulations. Syamsi added that island the spokesman for the the police would also raise Bali police, Kombes Pol Syamsi, awareness about the issue
among villa and hotel owners to prevent future public disturbances caused by the production and the publication of indecent videos. Since the beginning of the COVID-19 pandemic and the resulting border closure a number of the remaining 8
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foreigners have made it to the headlines by constantly violating the health protocols, shooting porn videos and by committing other crimes. Fortunately most of the foreigners staying on the island are following the law, the rules and regulations but their reputation has been heavily tarnished by those who don't.
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Here We Go Again Bali Authorities Facing Another “Viral” Porn Scandal This latest series of clips has reportedly been filmed in a villa in Umalas, North Kuta, which has now been labeled as “the porn villa after the intro to one of the clips started with the caption “Welcome to our new porn villa” before five people entered the supposed pad of debauchery. The video has been posted on TikTok first before it was re-posted on After a short porn clip featuring a renown other social media platforms by accounts Russian porn starlet and reportedly taken at identifying themselves by the names “Kevin a outdoor location in Bali’s Mount Batur and Celine” with the account holders area has caused some stir among the obviously being German online wannabe Balinese and the islands authorities some porn stars. weeks ago the next “made in Bali” porn videos has emerged online recently and, Despite the fact that at least one of the clips guess what, caused the same stir again. which has circulated widely showed a few
usernames, authorities say they are still working to identify the remaining three people, one of whom is believed to be an Indonesian woman. “We are still investigating but until now we don’t know their identities,” the head of the Bali Police Cybercrime Unit, I Gusti Ayu Putu Suinaci, told the press on June 7. The head of the Bali office for the Ministry of Law and Human Rights, Jamaruli Manihuruk told the press that Kevin and Celine are believed to have arrived in Bali at either the end of April or early May, and intended to make a porn video on the island adding that they did not report back to the villa owner when they left and that they might be blacklisted and won’t be able to enter Indonesia again in the future. According to some news channels data from the Indonesian immigration shows that the two main actors have left the country already and have returned to their home country which would mean that their real identities are, regardless of the official statements made by the authorities in Bali, actually known. We couldn’t find any more information regarding the remaining three actors at the time of writing.
An Unusual Location Bali International Airport Opens Photo-Shoot Service Bali Ngurah Rai International Airport has opened its facilities for photoshoot services in a desperate effort to generate more income for the airport. Stakeholder Relation Manager of Angkasa Pura I, Ltd for the Ngurah Rai Airport, Taufan Yudhistira confirmed that most of the airport areas can now be booked for photo sessions adding the the service is actually available since the beginning of June. “Customers are required to pay 5 million Rupiah ($US350) to be able to use the airport for their photo session. Every additional hour will be charged with 1 million Rupiah ($US70),” Yudhistira explained. According to him the idea was born after the authorities received a number of requests to take prewedding photos inside the airport by professional photographers and couples who wanted a pre-wedding photo-shoot a little different from the normal ones. “Although we haven’t had any bookings yet, we received good response while promoting it on social media.” Yudhistira concluded. 4
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You can now take your pre-wedding photos at Bali’s Ngurah Rai Bali’s Ngurah Rai International Airport, as they now offer special packages for photoshoots. “A number of locations within the Bali airport area can be used to enshrine your beautiful moments in a photoshoot or video shoot with your partner, family, friends, or loved ones,” the airport wrote in one of their recent Instagram posts.
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with every additional hour after that costing an extra IDR1 million (US$70). “This is one of our efforts and innovations to increase income,” Taufan Yudhistira, a spokesman from the airport, said. Taufan said several locations have been selected to ensure that photoshoots won’t disrupt the airport’s flight operations, with areas such as the tarmac and the iconic Candi Bentar, which shows off Balinese architecture, among the chosen spots. He also said that airport officers will be escorting the guests throughout the session. (coconuts.co)
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It’s Not In Our Hands Balinese Politicians Still Hoping To Reopen Next Month The closer we get to July the more local politicians are somehow starting to backpaddle when it comes to the plans how an when to reopen Bali for international tourists next month. These plans are, again, turning into hope as there is no statement regarding a complete reopening of the borders for international travelers from the Indonesian central government yet. Bali’s Deputy Governor, Tjokorda Oka Artha Ardana Sukawati better known as Cok Ace, stated that he is still optimistic that the plan to reopen Bali for international tourist in July can be realized but he also added that this decision is not in the hands of
the local but the central government. Cok Ace has also recently claimed that “almost” 50% of the targeted 70% of Bali’s population are already vaccinated against COVID-19 and that, therefore and based on this numbers the reopening of the island should go as planned. Unfortunately this statement is not entirely correct. The “almost” 50% have received their first vaccine shot but only around 21% have received their second shot and unfortunately it’ll still take months before the final vaccination program target will be reached but generally Bali’s COVID-19 vaccination
program, one of the main pilars for a possible reopening, is on a very good way.. Bali’s Governor, I Wayan Koster has also voice his optimism that the island might be reopened in July. He simply brought it to the point by saying “Astungkara (which basically means “it may happen by His will) Bali can be reopened in July,”. We’re now all waiting for the things to come the next weeks.
No More Empty Promises Bali Tourism Officials Urging The Government To Stick With Their Plans A number of stakeholders in the tourism industry in Bali have urged the government to stop making empty promises regarding the islands reopening for international tourists. From the tourism industry’s point of view the Balinese government has come up with many strategies, ideas and proposals for the islands recovery but not one of these has been realized until now. This also applies to the Indonesian central
government which has recently announced to be finalizing its “travel bubble” agreements with 5 countries. Despite the clear statements from the Australian and the Singaporean that international travel for leisure won’t be an option for their citizens until, alt least, next year both countries have been, along with China, the Netherlands and UAE countries, included in this “travel bubble” list. Bali’s Deputy Governor, Cok
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Ace who also act as the Head of Bali Hotel and Restaurant Association, has stated that the Bali tourism sector is not able to wait for the country’s border to reopen any longer adding that many tourism players in Bali have reached their limits and are now facing complete bankruptcy.
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News Compressed A Short Run-Down Of Stuff That Didn't Make It Into a Full Article Beside all that COVID-19 madness and the fact that almost all news are focusing on the development of the pandemic on the island there are still other things going on. A video posted on social media by a foreigner of undisclosed origin has caused a lot of amusement among the Balinese netizens. In the video the man presents a parking fee receipt over 9.6 million Rupiah ($US670) issued at Bali’s Nuguarah Rai airport for two months of parking at the airport parking deck. According the the reports and according to the Stakeholder Relation Manager of Angkasa Pura I Ltd, for Bali Airport, Taufan Yudhistira, this amount is correct and based on the official parking fees. The car owner stated that he
had no time to organize himself another long term parking sport and that he simply parked his car at the airport due to the spontaneity of his trip. “I parked my car at the airport which was a silly idea because it’s the most expensive place you can park long term.” he reportedly said. A college student in Bali, originally from Lombok, has been arrested after stealing the motorbike of a foreign woman parked in front of her villa in North Kuta. According to the head of the North Kuta police department the police investigation started after the 28-year-old woman from Greece filed a report that her motorbike was
missing on the June 1. After collecting information from residents in the area and probably after reviewing some CCTV footage the police arrested the man not long after. During interogation he admitted that he had stolen 5 more motorbikes in Kuta and Denpasar before. He is now facing up to 5 years behind bars for theft. Two Turkish nationals have been arrested for ATM skimming at a petrol station in Denpsara after they have been caught red-handed while attempting to prepare another ATM with a skimming device. According to the reports the police was already waiting for them at the petrol station. The Director of Criminal Investigation Bureau from Bali Police Department, Kombes Yuliar Kus Nugroho, confirmed that both suspects attempted to resist arrest by assaulting the officers, but luckily dozens of officers managed to handle the situation quickly. Nugroho also said that more information on the case would be released soon but even one week after the arrest we couldn’t find any news on the case.
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A 34-year-old French national has been seriously injured when a 12kg gas tank exploded in his kitchen at his house in Jimbaran on June 1. According to the reports the man entered the kitchen in the morning and to attempted to switch on the stove to boil some water but was unaware that the gas tank was leaking which caused a massive explosion. His wife, who was at the first floor of the building at the time of the explosion and a neighbor rushed the man to the Siloam Hospital in Jimbaran which immediately referred him to Sanglah General Hospital in Denpasar due to the extended burns to his body. The Head of the Badung Fire Fighter, I Wayan Wirya confirmed that the incident was caused by a leaking gas which was probably leaking out the whole night. To get the latest pandemic related numbers along with some news daily follow @SanurWeekly on Facebook and get our daily wrap up with all numbers and facts on your timeline.
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