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chrisandarian wrote:

Thank you for the news..May be you can put the link to news ..
  Country cant be reason for scanning tourist, My partner is  Thai and I see MANY  low life tourist coming from US, UK, Germany and Australia, they will get involve in fights with locals and do drugs.. Tourist visa cant be for few elite country and not for others, they have to find other ways to scan tourist or control crimes...

Whoa there, sir! That's a very typically arrogant, and judgement attitude, coming from a person of your particular persuasion. We live in Bangkok/Pattaya, and I've seen a number of so-called "high-life" Indian male tourists , who behave like a gang of pampered, university graduated trash, in public. So, just get off that pretentious high-horse,  you've (apparently) been blissfully riding there, eh?

In addition, we've done some serious road travel, throughout India, as well.   Fyi, people are basically the same, regardless of their ethnic heritages, or national origins. Thus, we are qualified to state, that India has considerably more, than it's fair share of "low-life" people.

Fortunately we also met some of the most lovely, most delightful people, ever, during our three-month sojourn in India. Tragically, most of those people were also among India's poorest, and least educated (despite your boasted 7,000 year-old Human Growth & Developmental culture), in the 21st. Century social-system of "India", no less.  You Indians are just more sophisticated, at "skillfully" sweeping your peculiar brand of filth, under the rug! Capisce? Best regards chap, and

Singaraja Immigration in North Bali has deported two foreigners for moonlighting as dive instructors, outside the capacity of their work permits.

The foreigners, identified as a 43-year-old Canadian man and a 29-year-old Danish woman, had Indonesian KITAS work permits, but for different jobs, which didn’t exactly involve teaching scuba. The Canadian had a KITAS in his role as president director of a tourist attraction, while the Danish woman had her permit to work as a sales marketing manager, according to head of Singaraja Class II Immigration office, Victor Manurung.

More details here

https://daerah.sindonews.com/read/12353 … 1504094435

9/3/2017) 21-year-old German Guiliano Lemoine was sentenced to 1.5 years in prison on Wednesday, August 30, 2017, in the death of Indonesian Steven Djingga outside Paddy’s Club in Kuta.

18 months is a bit short for that one so I have to agree with the prosecution - should be longer.
18 months off for murder should see the end of any job he might have back home and a lot of trouble finding something new.
So much for a holiday in paradise.

Ubudian wrote:

If he serves his time in Kerobokan, (which is likely) the chances are good that karma will find its way to him.   

Better than average chance.
Indonesian prisons in general aren't known for their five star comfort so this story should serve as due warning not to behave like an idiot on holiday.

Fred wrote:

Last I checked we are all human, the colour of our skin or whatever else being not a lot to do with much. Unity in diversity - YES

Unity in diversity_YES  And, we whole-heartedly agree with you, Fred, on that "Philadelphia-mindset" planetary point of view.

However, that is not the 10,000 year, un-evolved, historic reality, within the real world of people

Suffice it to say, when "we" last checked, both skin-color & tone levels, are (historically) a paramount obsession thru-out all of Asia, and particularly so, within S.E.A. quadrant, due to the diverse presence of the multiple ethnic-groups (either indigenous or not).

Case in point. The Nivea Skin Creme Lotion product (with "whitening" agents) boldly advertised on the packaging labels, is a thriving, multi-million Euros/annual import market (in Asia), and, is an abundantly "clear" statement made, regarding the typical Asian person's cognitive awareness, and personal values, especially in that peculiar "product consumption" regard. 

Just paying basic attention to the physical accouterments of the majority participants appearing on S.E.A. network television channels, alone, confirms that very simple fact of life, even within the very Muslim world of Indonesia, sir!  https://youtu.be/RCQzR5yzZCU

lukereg wrote:

Perhaps if we just ignore the colour of skin and focus on what is good in life then we wouldn't need this sort of conversation.
Creams to make people look whiter have been around for ever and I not sure how that makes people more of a racist or bigot.

Sigh! Our post was (admittedly) a broad-based, "off-topic" reply, specifically directed to Fred's, somewhat "off-topic" philosophical- statement. The intent was to generate a possible future topic of debate. That's all. Ok? Have a happy and

(9/18/2017)
The Cyber Crime Unit of the Singaraja Police Precinct has arrested two Bulgarians in connection with the robbery of two ATMs in the Village of Kalibukbuk in Lovina, Buleleng on Saturday, September 16, 2017.

NusaBali reports that the two Bulgarian, Rusev Boris Georgiev (42) and Marian Bogidarof Serafimoff (41), have committed a series of ATM robberies acquiring hundreds of millions of rupiah in the process.

The two were staying at a villa on Jalan Damani in Kalibukbuk.

Police were alerted to the robbery by a telephone call from Komang Sumarsana (28) received on Friday, September 15, 2017, at 10:30 pm. Sumarsana works in the ATM Surveillance Department of PT Swardarma. He told police that while monitoring of the CCTV camera operating at the Bank Negara Indonesia ATM in Lovina he noticed that someone had covered the camera to prevent surveillance.

Based on this information, Police from Buleleng and Bank Security rushed to the location where the two Bulgarians were caught re-entering the ATM at 1:00 am. At the time of their arrests, the two Bulgarians were carrying an ATM keyboard and recording devices for stealing PIN numbers from ATM customers.

TEMPO.CO, Jakarta - State-owned lender Bank Mandiri foresees over 50 percent growth of the electronic money (e-money) cards issued by them in 2017.

“The number of Bank Mandiri e-money cards in circulation as of August 2017 is over 10 million,” Bank Mandiri Senior Vice President for Transaction Banking Retail Sales Thomas Wahyudi told Tempo on September 20.

He explains that as of August, e-money card payments have reached Rp3.4 trillion with the frequency of card usage of over 300 million times.

Data from Bank Indonesia shows that the biggest surge in e-money chip issuance took place in June and July totaling 5,750,215 chips issued by 25 e-money card issuers.

Thomas expects the growth following as the government launched the 100 percent electronic toll collection that may increase e-money card issuance.

Denpasar.  Thousands of residents were evacuated from villages near an active volcano on the Indonesian island of Bali, officials said on Friday, as seismic tremors rattled some areas and smoke rose above one of the world's most popular tourist spots.

The alert status for Mount Agung in eastern Bali was at 3, one level below the highest, and authorities warned tourists and residents to avoid camping or hiking within a 6 kilometer radius of the crater.

"Volcanic activity remains high and there are indications of magma rising to the surface and causing tremors," said Sutopo Purwo Nugroho of the National Disaster Management Agency.

"There should be zero public activity within the specified radius in case there is an eruption," Sutopo said.

However, flights at Bali's international airport were operating as normal and there was little disruption to tourism operators across the rest of the island, authorities said.

A giant python in Indonesia met an unfortunate end when it was eaten after it lost a battle with a local man.
Security guard Robert Nababan encountered the snake on a palm oil plantation road in Sumatra's Batang Gansal district on Saturday.
Mr Nababan tried to catch the python, reports say, which was 7.8m (26ft) long.
It attacked him, and man and reptile fought until Mr Nababan killed it with the help of some villagers.
The guard survived with serious injuries.
The python was not as lucky as Mr Nababan - its body was strung up for display at a village, before it was chopped up, fried and eaten.

Jakarta (ANTARA News) - Police in Central Jakarta have arrested 51 people following a gay party in T1 Sauna at Block A of Harmoni Plaza shop house on Jalan Suryopranoto, Gambir, on Friday night.

"Out of the 51 people, seven are foreigners from China, Thailand, and Malaysia," head of public relations of Jakarta Metropolitan Police Command, Senior Commissioner Argo Yuwono, stated here on Saturday.

Tanjungpinang, Riau Islands (ANTARA News) - The Tanjungpinang Naval Base IV in Riau Islands province has foiled an attempt to smuggle 3.14 kilograms of crystal meth, 2,250 Happy Five pills and 2,132 ecstasy pills in Tokong Hiu waters.

The Naval base officers also arrested three drug couriers, two of them Malaysians, Commander of the Naval Base IV Commodore Ribut Eko Suyatno said here, Friday.

TEMPO.CO, Jakarta - Following the issuance of a new regulation, foreign tourists visiting Indonesia planning on purchasing local prepaid SIM cards are also required to register their mobile phone numbers to the Indonesian Government.

Tourists will be able to do so at cellphone outlets by showing their passport or Temporary Living Permit (KITAS). According to Communications and Information Ministry spokesperson Noor Riza, tourists can also register their SIM Cards using other forms of international identifications that are acknowledged by the government.

TEMPO.CO, Jakarta - The Head of Jakarta Manpower and Transmigration Department Priyono said that his office has the right to request the deportation of 104 foreign employees ofAlexis Hotel.

“If their permits have ended, then you’re not allowed to work. [It's for] anyone, it doesn’t only apply to Alexis [employees]. If a foreign worker’s permit has ended we will coordinate with immigration to deport them,” said Priyono on Friday, November 3.

Priyono reasons that practically, his department is faced with a challenge in checking the foreign workers’ whereabouts since the hotel is no longer operating its business.

He also defended Governor Anies Baswedan and said that a number of foreign workers employed by Alexis corroborate with the Governor’s claims.

However, Priyono said that it is possible that the real number of Alexis foreign workers could actually be more than what people are aware of and that there might be several of them that do not have a working permit.