Christian Alit Stroh from Hawaii, United States has been arrested in Bali on drug trafficking charges. According to Denpasar police, Stroh was arrested for allegedly dealing drugs after he ran out of money while stranded on the island due to the Covid-19 pandemic. Stroh was arrested on Friday outside of his residence in Denpasar after …
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The son of a Queensland man found dead in a Bali hotel says his father was “well and enjoying an extended holiday”, while Indonesian authorities fear coronavirus could be the cause of death but will not know until an autopsy is conducted. The 47-year-old father of two, Christopher Steven Tolley, was found in his hotel …
Police in Bali are probing whether expired soft drinks may have contributed to the latest death of an Australian in Bali. The death, on Wednesday, came a day after another Australian was found dead in his Seminyak hotel room. Causes of death for both men are still unknown. Kevin James Nunn, 58, from Kalgoorlie died …
A “Walking Dead”-themed walkthrough experience has opened at Trans Studio Bali. The attraction, “Fear the Walking Dead Survival,” is described as part thrill ride, part haunted house and part interactive motion ride. The new attraction, based on the popular AMC series, is a multi-sensory experience that is part thrill-ride, part interactive motion ride, and part …
Photos and videos have emerged on social media of dead pigs allegedly washing up on the beach in the popular tourist hotspots of Seminyak and Canggu. Over 1000 pigs have died from what Bali authorities are calling “swine fever like” illness. Earlier in the month Bali officials had confirmed the presence of African Swine fever …
A Sydney man has been found dead in his room at a popular budget Bali hotel after he failed to check out after a month-long stay Australian tourist Christopher Steven Tolley was found dead on Tuesday (5/5) around 1:30 pm at the FaveHotel in Seminyak. Head of Emergency and Logistics Badung, Ni Nyoman Ermy Setiari …
In a recent string of foreigner deaths in Bali in the last week, an American national was found dead in a Seminyak Villa on Thursday. The 50-year old man from the United States has been identified as Darrel Carlton. Head of Denpasar’s Search and Relief Office (Basarnas Bali), Gede Darmada told The Bali Sun that …
Australian mother-of-two Sara Connor will be released from Bali’s horrific Kerobokan prison in July. The 49-year-old from Byron Bay has spent the last four years in the notorious prison, after the fatal bashing of a police officer in Kuta in 2016. Ms Connor’s ex-boyfriend and David Taylor, from the UK, is serving a six-year sentence for …
A foreign tourist from Spain was caught stealing food from the Bintang Supermarket in Seminyak on Monday. Luckily for the perpetrator, his two friends offered to pay for the food so he was able to avoid charges by police. Head of Denpasar Police, Kompol Nyoman Gatra, confirmed the incident and said the perpetrator’s attempted theft …
An unidentified foreigner in Bali recorded himself damaging a rice field so he could get famous on Tiktok while locals are struggling to eat due to the Covid-19 pandemic. The 10 second public video that was uploaded to TikTok shows the foreigner jumping into the rice field face first and flattening a large section of …
The Covid-19 pandemic is impacting public safety and public order in Bali according to officials. Denpasar Police Chief AKBP Jansen Avitus Panjaitan stated Friday that the situation is now impoving but police need the public’s help in order to keep it under control. The increase in crime has been triggered by the socioeconomic impact caused …
Australians will not be permitted to travel to Bali for the ‘forseeable future’. The Australian Prime Minister Scott Morrison announced that International travel for Australians will be one of the last Coronvirus restrictions to be lifted. Prime Minister Scott Morrison revealed National Cabinet’s three-step plan for relaxing coronavirus restrictions which he said would hopefully be rolled …