4.000 domestic tourist arrived in Bali airport  on the first day of Bali’s reopening  on Friday July 31 th 2020 .All seven business and 77 economy class passengers of the first plane that arrived from Jakarta to Bali at 10:15 a.m. local time on flight Garuda Indonesia GA402, which used the wide-body Airbus A330 plane, were given flower garlands by Bali Deputy Governor Cok Ace and airport officials.

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“There’s been an increase [in passenger arrivals] this long weekend, although gradually and not directly significant,” state-owned airport operator PT Angkasa Pura I (AP I) cogeneral manager of commercial operations for Ngurah Rai airport, A representative of Airport Authority Office Area IV, Puguh Lukito, said Ngurah Rai airport served 28 flight departures and 28 arrivals on Friday. On Thursday, it recorded 29 flight arrivals with total passenger movement of 1,800 people and 30 flight departures with 2,200 passengers. Meanwhile, on Wednesday, it reported 34 flight arrivals with 1,700 passengers and 33 flight departures with 2,300 passengers.

During the period of July 26 to 30, the airport welcomed 17,757 domestic route passengers through 278 flights. One week prior, July 19 to 23, it saw an increase of 17 percent for the number of passengers and 8 percent for the number of domestic route flights.The traffic movement of domestic route passengers has slowly shown good growth. As of July 30, we welcomed up to 73,875 passengers with a daily average of 2,463 people,” said Rahmat.In all of June, there were only 17,861 passengers. We do have to emphasize that we continue to implement strict health protocols in accordance with the increasing number of passenger arrivals,” Rahmat added.According to data on covid19.go.id, as of July 31, Bali has recorded 3,407 positive cases of COVID-19 with 2,876 recoveries and 48 deaths.

4.000 domestic tourist arrived

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US fugitive made porn to survive while hiding out in Bali when listed on Interpol for alleged investment fraud in his home country. The recently captured Interpol fugitive, 50-year-old American Marcus Beam, who is wanted for alleged investment fraud in the United States, allegedly produced and sold pornographic videos to make money while hiding out in Bali, police have said.Investigators of the Bali Police’s general crimes division and the Counter Transnational and Organized Crime (CTOC) task force arrested Beam and his female friend, a 48-year-old identified as WPC on Thursday.He made pornographic movies to make money on the internet. That was one of his activities to survive in Bali. He made a lot of contacts with local people,” Bali Police chief Insp. Gen. Petrus Reinhard Golose said at Bali Police’s headquarters in Denpasar on Friday.

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He explained that Beam had been living in Bali since January. During his stay, until he was captured, he and his female friend allegedly uploaded their personal adult videos onto a website to make money to cover his living costs. Deputy director of the Bali Police’s general crimes division Adj. Sr. Comr. Suratno added that the authorities had only managed to find one adult video of the identified “dozens”. The police also named WPC as a witness. Beam and WPC, both American nationals, were arrested at a villa in Badung regency, Bali. Authorities also confiscated a passport, five mobile phones, one folding knife, 14 sex toys and 13 other electronic devices as evidence. Beam has been accused of embezzling around US$500,000 from investors in Chicago, US.

He reportedly used the money for his personal expenses instead of placing it in investment funds.After previously being detained by US authorities in September, he allegedly escaped the US in January using a passport that listed a different name. Despite there being no extradition treaty between Indonesia and the US, Petrus said that Beam would be sent back to his home country under an agreement between the two countries’ police forces.

US fugitive made Porn

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Chinese citizen commits suicide by hanging herself in her villa in Tamora on Jalan Raya Semat, Tibubeneng in North Kuta on Wednesday (22/07/2020 at  13.00 H The 47 years old woman was sadly found deceased hanging from the bedroom door.The head  of Badung Police Station, Iptu Oka Bawa said that her body was discovered by the villa employee named Tumirah. It started when Tumirah went to clean the pool at around 12.15 H The witness came to the villa, rang the bell and was calling the victim’s name. But there was no answer from the victim.The witness initiated to open the door after ringing the bell few times, only to find the door was not locked. Iptu Oka explained that the witness then started cleaning the villa and she was shocked to see the victim hanging from the door with black plastic rope tied back to the curtain rail. When the victim was found, she was wearing her pajamas. Seeing the incident, the witness ran out and told the villa staff and local Pecalang which then continued to North Kuta Police Station.

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Not long after that, the police arrived and processed the crime scenes. After taking the deceased down, the police started the external inspection which found no former violence on the woman’s body that was born in China on the 13 April 1973. Ipto Oka also added, that informed by the victim’s friend, she had been suffering from heart problem and had a medical checkup every 2 weeks by personal doctor who came to the villa. Her body  has been evacuated to Sanglah Hospital for further process.

Chinese citizen commits suicide

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Power blackout in Kuta after kite hit substation and left more then 71.121 users for 5 hours without electricity on Sunday July 19 th 2020. Dewa Ketut Sunardiya (50)  was arrested after his large kite of two meters length hit a substation and caused a explosion. According Police Commissioner Jansen Avitus Panjaitan from Denpasar police, Dewa and his children had their kite flying on a empty area near their home on the  Benoa Harbor Road in Pesanggaran when the string got broken and touched a electric substation on Jalan By Pass Ngurah Rai what caused a explosion and left Kuta  and parts of East Denpasar without electricity on sunday afternoon July 19 th 2020 at 16.24 H.

At 7 PM  the power enterprise  PLN  started to investigate the incident  and visit Dewa  at his home and discovered  the damaged kite which caused the explosion at the electric substation earlier .
on Monday (20/7) at 12.30 Dewa was arrested and was charged with Article 188 of the Criminal Code  and could face 5 years prison ,but will finally not get punished  for the incident who made damage for  Rp 31 million.

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Power blackout in Kuta

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Garuda pilot using drugs sacked after police raid and arrested by South Jakarta Police on July 6 th 2020. National flag carrier Garuda Indonesia and its low-cost subsidiary Citilink have fired a pilot found to have had a history of drug use.Garuda Indonesia president director Irfan Setiaputra said the dismissal was meant to set an example for the airline’s employees, as the company had previously committed to a no-tolerance approach to such activities. Based on our investigation and coordination with the police regarding a pilot working for Garuda Indonesia and Citilink who was involved in drug abuse, the company has decided to sever all professional ties with the pilot,” Irfan said in a statement on Saturday.

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The pilot was one of four people arrested in a drug raid by South Jakarta Police on July 6. Irfan said the airline had held a drug and alcohol management program and had subjected more than 120 crew members and airport officers at Terminal 3 of Soekarno-Hatta International Airport to urine tests on Saturday to ensure the safety and security of its passengers.He said the tests had not found any traces of narcotics in the airline’s employees. Garuda Indonesia Group has regularly conducted drug checks on its employees to prevent any form of drug abuse in the workplace, as well as to ensure the safety and convenience of its customers.

Garuda pilot using drugs

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