Avideoofaforeignerallegedly
stealingclothesfromtwo Canggustoreswentviral yesterday.Policesaidthey wouldlookintothecaseeven thoughnoreportsforthefthave beenfled.
Theclipwasuploadedon @canggubalinews,alocal communityaccountonInstagram, showingaCaucasianman donningablackbaseballcap,tshirt,andshorts,aswellasa whiteslingbag,enteringa
clothingstoreinthepopular touristarea.
Hewaslatershownstuffnghis bagwithseveralshirts.
Thecaptionallegedthatthe unidentifedmanstolefromtwo differentclothingstoresin Canggu.
NorthKutaUtaraPolicePutu DiahKurniawandariconfrmed theauthenticityofthevideoto Coconutsandsaidthatlaw enforcersarekeepinganeye ontheincident.
“Sofartherehavebeenno reports[fled],butweare keepingtrack[ofthecase],”she
saidinatextmessage.
PutuDiahalsosaidthather departmentisintouchwiththe storesandhascontacted interpretersifneededforthe investigation.
Separately,NorthKutaPolice inspectorMadeGunaWijaya saidthatthepolicehavecalled onthestoreownerstofle reportsfortheftagainstthe allegedperpetrator.Itisalleged thatthesuspectalsostole clothesfromanotherstorein Uluwatu.
(Coconuts.co)
Therewasnodivineintervention afterallforsixEastern Europeanswhowere
apprehendedinAprilfor squattinginavillainMengwi. Youmayrememberthemasthe recalcitrantgroupwhoclaimed thatthehousewasagiftfrom
God.
Fiveofthesix–allfrom Moldova–wereoffcially deportedyesterday,whileone, 24-year-oldADfromRussia, wassenthomeinSeptember.
TheHeadoftheBaliOffceof theMinistryofLawandHuman Rights,AnggiatNapitupulu,said thattheMoldovansarefromone family,namely44-year-oldDD, 36-year-oldEE,32-year-old,EE, 10-year-oldDM,andsix-yearoldAE.
“Thecasewasreportedlast Marchwherethey[togetherwith AD]trespassedavillabelonging toalocal,”Anggiatsaid.
“TheownerandPererenan villageauthoritieswenttosee thembuttheyinsistedthatthe villabelongedtothemandwas givenbyGod.”
Thedeportationprocesstook longerthanexpectedafterDD’s
passportwasreportedly destroyedinafrewhileEE’s passportwentmissing.The foreigners,Anggiatsaid,also refusedtocooperatewiththe authorities.Finally,afternine months,theyrelentedandwere willingtobesenthometotheir country.
AuthoritiesinBaliworkedwith theEmbassyofMoldovain Tokyotoprocesstheir deportation.
ThefamilyboardedaTurkish AirlinesfighttoMoldovavia Istanbullastnight.Inadditionto thedeportation,thesquatters werealsotemporarilybanned fromenteringIndonesiansoil. (Coconuts.co)
FormerVicePresidentJusuf Kallawasscheduledtofyfrom MakassartoBoneAKAhis childhoodhomeinSouth Sulawesiyesterdaymorning. Thefightwascanceled, however,duetoan“unpleasant smell”waftingfromoneofthe seatscausedbyaprevious passenger“accidentally” defecatingonit.
Localnewsoutletsreportedthat Kallawasscheduledtoboarda SusiAirplaneattheSultan HasanuddinAirportinMakassar boundforArungPalakkaAirport
inBoneyesterdaymorning.The fightwascanceleddueto “technicalproblems”thatwere laterrevealedtohavenothingto dowiththeLetL-410Turbolet’s capacitytofyatall.
“[Thereis]oneseatthatbecame thesourceofanunpleasant smellafterapassengerfromthe previousBone-Balikpapanroute accidentallypoopedonitduring thefight,”SusiAir’sbase coordinatorforMakassarAirport RifaldhiGumilartoldTribun Sulbar.
“Wealreadywashed[the seat]butitstillproduceda badsmell.Thisbecamea concernasitmightdisturb PakJK’scomfort,”he added,referringtoKallaby hisinitials.
KallaGroupspokesperson DiahZaddiahRustamtold Tribun-TimurthattheformerVP wouldhittheroadinsteadto reachBone.Shedidnot mentionanythingaboutthe poopincident.
TheitineraryforKalla‘s scheduledtriptohishometown
includedvisitstolocalschools andattendingthelaunchofa newmosque.Hewasalso scheduledtomeetlocaloffcials duringhisvisit.
Rememberallthatfuror followingthegovernment’sidea toraisetheentryfeeforthetwo mainislandsofKomodoNational Park?Atopoffcialhas confrmedthattheplan,which hadbeensettogointoeffecton Jan.1,hasbeenscrapped.
TourismandCreativeEconomy MinisterSandiagaUnohas confrmedtheplantoimplement
anentryfeeofIDR3.75million (US$240),goodforoneyear,to visitKomodoandPadar,thetwo mainislandswheretheiconic Komododragonsareendemic, hasbeenscrapped.
“[Theentryfeehike]hasbeen retractedandcanceled.So thereisnopricehiketoenter Komodo[NationalPark],” SandiagawasquotedbyAntara
newsagencyassaying yesterday.
Sandiagadidnotprovidefurther detailsregardingthereasonfor thepolicy’scancellation.
Plansfortheentryfeehikewere originallyannouncedbythe administrationsoftheEastNusa TenggaraProvinceinJuly,with thejustifcationthatthefunds wouldbeusedtofnancethe maintenanceofthesites’natural environment.
TheIDR3.75millionwasinitially brandednotasanentrancefee, butasa(mandatory) contributiontotheconservation ofKomodoandPadarislandsas wellasthesurroundingareas.
TheParkisaUNESCOworld heritagesite,andcurrently chargesafeeofIDR150,000 (US$10.68)forforeigntourists
andIDR5,000(US$0.36)for domestictouristsonweekdays, thoughtherearenotably additionalfeestouristsmay incurduringtheirtrip,including fortrekkingorsnorkeling.
Theplansforthepricehike weremetwithbacklashfrom touristagenciesinLabuanBajo tothepointthatprotests reportedlytookplaceover concernsthatitwouldthreaten theircommunity’sincomefrom tourism.
EventheIndonesianparliament askedthegovernmentto reconsidertheplaninAugust.
Theplanwasthenpostponed until2023(inotherwords,within twoweeks).Sandiaga’s statementconfrmedthatithas beencanceledforgood.
