JAKARTA (BERNAMA) – Indonesia’s Bali Island is increasing its monitoring of foreign tourists following several criminal incidents that have disrupted the local communities, reported Xinhua.
The country’s directorate-general of Immigration, in collaboration with the local police, has stepped up surveillance of foreign nationals, including enforcing traffic regulations.
Director of supervision and enforcement at the directorate-general of Immigration, Saffar Muhammad Godam, said foreigners who break the law would face immigration administrative sanctions designed to deter future violations.
“Immigration administrative sanctions against foreigners who violate the laws are given, so that there is a deterrent effect,” Saffar said at the Denpasar Immigration Detention Centre in Bali as quoted by the local media.
Meanwhile, the Bali office of the country’s Ministry of Law and Human Rights has stepped up to give a mandate to the authorities of traditional villages in the province to oversee foreign tourists’ activities and take action against those who violate local laws and customs.
“This is an effort to maintain security and order in Bali. By involving village authorities, it will be easier for us, as the immigration, to monitor the foreigners,” office head Pramella Yunidar Pasaribu said recently in Denpasar.
