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Authorities detain British woman for allegedly throwing pebbles at cars in Kuta
Authorities in Bali have evidently been kept busy handling misbehaving tourists on the island, who seem to be popping up with increasing regularity in the past few months. Most recently, a British woman was detained briefly before she was handed over to immigration after she allegedly caused a scene in Kuta.
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Tiananmen Square ‘Tank Man’ photographer dies in Bali
The photographer who snapped the defining image of China’s Tiananmen Square crackdown — a solitary man defiantly blocking the path of a column of tanks — has died in Indonesia, according to US officials.
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Police arrest Bali man for alleged domestic violence in North Kuta
Police confirmed that a 39-year-old man, identified by his initials PS, was arrested this week for alleged physical abuse towards his wife.
I Ketut Oka Bawa, spokesman for Badung Police, told Detik today that the couple has not been living in the same house.
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Activists urge BMKG to prohibit infrastructure development in disaster-prone southern Bali
The Balinese People’s Forum to Reject Reclamation (ForBALI) is urging Indonesia’s Meteorological, Climatological, and Geophysics Agency (BMKG) to issue a strict prohibition on infrastructure development in southern Bali, highlighting the area as being prone to disasters.
Police find American national dead in his car, no sign of foul play
A 78-year-old American national, identified by his initials JBA, was found dead inside a car in Sanur earlier this morning. Police have yet to announce his cause of death, though suggested that there had been no signs of foul play.
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Wife of legislative council member in East Lombok reports teacher to police for punishing son
A religious studies teacher in East Lombok was reported to the police for giving one of his students a time-out punishment. According to reports from local media, the student is the son of a legislative council member in the region.
