Bule's Response In Bali To Doing Onar, Wamenkumham: We Will Deport

Deputy Minister of Law and Human Rights Edward Omar Sharif Hiariej on the sidelines of the "Kumham Goes To Campus" event at Gadjah Mada University, Yogyakarta, Friday (10/3/2023). BETWEEN/Luqman Hakim

Deputy Minister of Law and Human Rights Edward Omar Sharif Hiariej said foreign tourists in Bali who cause trouble or act naughty by breaking the rules allow them to be deported according to applicable regulations. "If it meets the criteria, it will be deported, we will deport it," said the Deputy Minister of Law and Human Rights on the sidelines of the "Kumham Goes To Campus" event at Gadjah Mada University, Yogyakarta, Antara, Friday, March 10. According to Eddy, as he is familiarly called, his staff is conducting an investigation regarding various violations of the rules of foreign nationals (WNA) in Bali, including those who work illegally on the Island of the Gods. He ensured that the government acted decisively in accordance with applicable legal regulations. "Give us the opportunity to carry out investigations and so on. Everything will act in accordance with applicable regulations," he said. In recent months, cases of foreigners and foreign tourists who have problems have become a public spotlight, especially those who violate the rule of law in Indonesia. For example, riding a motorcycle without complete letters and helmets, driving recklessly, making fake ID cards, abusing residence permits, and working illegally. "Everything is in the investigation stage, the investigation stage. It's crowded in Bali," said Eddy. Head of the Immigration Division of the Regional Office of the Ministry of Law and Human Rights Bali Barron Ichsan said that from January to the second week of March 2023 there were 22 foreigners in Bali who were prosecuted by Immigration for violating immigration administration regulations. Of that number, Barron said Russian foreigners were the most violators with five people. "During 2023, 22 foreigners have been affected by immigration administration actions, five of whom are Russian citizens. Indeed (the group, ed.) is the highest," Barron said during a press conference at the Denpasar Immigration Office, Bali, Wednesday (8/3). For the latest case, the Class I Immigration Office of TPI Denpasar deported a Russian citizen with the initials SR who abused his residence permit in Indonesia by working as a photographer in Bali. SR was deported to his country on Thursday (9/3) at around 13.00 WITA through I Gusti Ngurah Rai International Airport, Bali.