Bali Police Coordinates With Immigration, Viral Estonian Caucasians Accuse Corrupt Police Still On The Island Of The Gods

Head of Sub-Directorate V Cyber Crime Directorate of Criminal Investigation at the Bali Police AKBP Nanang Prihasmoko/DAFI VOI

DENPASAR - The Bali Police are still investigating the whereabouts of an Estonian citizen, Valeria Vasilieva, who went viral for accusing the police in Bali of being corrupt by asking foreign tourists for money.

Head of Sub-Directorate V Cyber Crime Directorate of Criminal Investigation at the Bali Police AKBP Nanang Prihasmoko said it was believed that Estonian foreigner Valeria had not left Bali based on coordination with Bali Immigration.

"He has not (left) Bali so far, we have coordinated with the immigration authorities, so it is still suspected that he is in Bali," said AKBP Nanang in Denpasar, Thursday, May 19.

Regarding Valeria's statement that the police in Bali are corrupt and spend tourists' money, they are still being investigated for criminal offenses or defamation of institutions. This accusation was made allegedly related to Valeria being ticketed.

"We will conduct an investigation first, we will process the data in accordance with the ITE Law there. Later we can show whether it is a crime or not or defamation of institutions or against individuals, we will investigate before concluding this," added Nanang.

"We have not directly met the person concerned. So we cannot confirm whether his statement is correct or not. We will cross-check, it is not certain what he said is correct. So we will check first," said Nanang.

After going viral, the police tracked down Estonian foreigners and it was discovered that Valeria was staying at a hotel in the Badung area. But when he arrived, the Estonian Caucasian was no longer at the hotel.

"After profiling the hotel suspected of being occupied by the person concerned in one of the hotels in (Badung) they took pictures at the hotel and stayed overnight. But they have left the hotel until now we are still tracking their whereabouts," said Nanang.

"We still believe he is in Bali, because from immigration there has been no manifest that he left Bali," he said.