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Dane Deported for Wrecking Sacred Altar At trial, Christensen told the Court he did not know that the two damaged pelinggih at the family home in Kalibukbuk Village, North Bali represented sacred symbols of the Hindu religion. He said he destroyed the monuments in the belief that his former wife was using the objects to practice “black magic” against him.
RadarBali.com and iNewsBali.id report that a Danish National, Lars Christensen, was surrendered on Friday, 26 November 2021, by the Singaraja North Bali Prison to officials at the Immigration Detention Center in Denpasar to await deportation. Christensen had completed his sevenmonth prison term in Singaraja after being found guilty for desecrating a Hindu religious monument. The case against the Dane dates from a police report filed by his former wife, Luh Sukerish, who said Christensen had damaged on 15 October 20 two pelinggih – Hindu religious monuments common to many Bali family compounds on 15 October 2020. His altercation with his former wife and the destruction of the monuments were publicized virally on social media.
Before his trial and conviction, Christensen had apologized for his actions and repaired the two damaged pelinggih. As part of the handover process from the prison department to immigration, Christensen was given a medical examination to facilitate the deportation process. Christensen was sentenced to prison for seven months after being found guilty of defaming religious monuments in Bali. The head of the Bali office for the Ministry of Justice and Human Rights, Jamaruli Manihuruk, confirmed the imminent deportation of the Dane. Manihuruk ordered that the Immigration Detention Center take steps with the Danish Embassy to secure a plane ticket back to Denmark. Manihuruk added: “Although he is now free, the man was not delivered to his family in Bali. Instead, he was placed in the
Denpasar Immigration Detention Center to await deportation.” According to Immigration Officials, Christensen is being deported under the authority granted to them to deport foreigners deemed to represent a threat to public order and safety and who have been determined to be lawbreakers. The head of Bali’s Justice Ministry Office said that the Danish citizen has the right to appeal his deportation directly to the Minister of Justice and Human Rights. (coconuts.co)
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Quarantine Period Increased to 10 Days Amidst the background of a developing battle against Omicron – the newest strain of the coronavirus – the Indonesian Government has set the new mandatory quarantine period at 10-days, increasing in rapid succession from 3 to 7, and finally to the latest 10days of “wellness incarceration.” The 10-day quarantine period applies to Indonesian and foreign nationals arriving internationally in Indonesia. As reported by NusaBali.com, the expanded period of quarantine has received a less-than-enthusiastic reception in Bali, where the Badung Regency Chapter of the Indonesian Hotel and Restaurant Association (PHRI) is urging the Government to moderate the period travelers are required to go into lockdown. The decision to increase from 7 to 10days the quarantine period for all arriving travelers was announced by the Coordinating Minister for Maritime Affairs and Investment, Luhut Binsar Pandjaitan, on Thursday, 02 December 2021, following instructions issued by President Joko Widodo. Luhut defended the decision, citing the growing number of countries where the Omicron virus is being discovered. The Minister said the new 10-day quarantine period takes effect from Friday, 03 December 2021. Adding: “Certainly, the government will periodically reevaluate the new policy (on quarantine) while we continue to understand and internalize information surrounding the new Omicron variant.” The 10-day quarantine applies to Indonesian citizens and foreigners arriving in Indonesia from countries where the Omicron Variant has yet to be detected. Citizens and travelers who have visited the 11 countries and regions where Omicron has been
confirmed are banned from entering Indonesia. The 11 countries and regions are Hong Kong, South Africa, Botswana, Angola, Zambia, Zimbabwe, Malawi, Mozambique, Namibia, Eswatini, and Lesotho. As new cases of Omicron Variant are discovered in new countries worldwide, it may be reasonable to suspect the number of nations and regions blacklisted by Indonesia may be supplemented over time.
“In connection with the PPKM Level 3 lockdown and extending the fluctuating quarantine period that is now 10-days long, this is all dependent on the global situation. The Government has applied the brakes again because public health and the lives of people are involved,” explained Rai Suryawidjaya.
Minister Luhut explained that the Indonesian Government has not banned its citizens from traveling abroad but is, nonetheless, urging people to reconsider traveling internationally at this time. The chairman of the Badung Regency PHRI, I Gusti Agung Rai Suryawijaya, described the new 10-day quarantine as the latest in a long series of challenges and obstacles for Bali’s tourism operators. He went on to compare the economy of Bali to a ship sailing between two coral reefs, trying to navigate a safe course between rival health and economic considerations. Rai Suryawijaya said the 10-day quarantine period was too burdensome for foreign travelers wishing to holiday in Bali. He said the 10-day quarantine if seen from a business perspective, made no sense at all. And, for that matter, even a 5-day or 3-day quarantine is sufficient to discourage foreign tourists from coming to Bali. But, the PHRI Chairman acknowledged that the Government had its reasons for implementing a quarantine that tourism operators in Bali, like it or not, must support.
In any case, Rai Suryawijaya hoped the Government would consider the plight of the public and do whatever it could to sustain economic activity. Ideally, he said, the Government is urged to adopt a “middle road” by applying strict health protocols and vaccinating to achieve herd immunity. Suryawidjaja suggested the Government should limit the number of domestic tourists coming to Bali to no more than 15,000 people each day and 3,000 foreign tourists from countries not afflicted with the Omicron Variant. The PHRI Chairman said he is worried that the announcement of a partial lockdown of nationwide travel and public activities between 24 December 2021 and 02 January 2021 will further setback Bali’s tourism economy.
(balidiscovery.com)
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Jerinx detained in Jakarta, faces 6 six years in prison over violent threat case
Balinese musician Jerinx is now detained at the Jakarta Metro Police on charges of making a threat of violence against another man, and the punk rocker is facing a possible six years in prison just months after he served a controversial conviction for hate speech. In July, the 43-year-old became embroiled in yet another legal case after a man identified as AD said that the punk rocker had threatened to “step on his head on the sidewalk” online, after also accusing AD of hacking into his Instagram account. The case has since been handled by authorities in Jakarta, who named Jerinx a suspect in the case in the following month. Jerinx, whose real name is I Gede Ari Astina, was detained by authorities yesterday, and now faces six years of imprisonment for the alleged crime. The musician was only released from prison in June after having served 10 months in prison for hate speech. He was found guilty after accusing the Indonesian Doctors Association (IDI) of being “flunkeys” to the World Health Organization (WHO) on Instagram, which he claimed during trial was out of frustration that pregnant women had to undergo unreliable rapid tests for COVID-19 prior to delivery. (coconuts.com)
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