Kristen Gray Deported by Immigration

Jakarta – The Bali Regional Office of the Ministry of Law and Human Rights will deport American citizen Kristen Antoinette Gray Kristen Gray became a public center after making a tweet about inviting foreigners to move to Bali during the Covid-19 pandemic.

Tuesday, 19 January 2021,

The head of the Regional Office of the Ministry of Law and Human Rights Bali ,Jamruli Manihuruk released that Kristen Antoinette Gray is subject to administrative immigration measures in the form of deportation as referred to in Article 75 paragraph 1 and paragraph 2 letter f of Law Number 6 Year 2011 concerning Immigration.

Jamaruli said that,regarding the deportation process, Kristen Gray was placed in the detention room of the TPI Denpasar Class I Immigration Office.

The regional Office of the Ministry of Law and Human Rights in Bali checked on their data about his details entering Indonesia, then called the American citizen through the sponsor to attend the immigration office for inspections.That is how The Regional Office of the Ministry of Law and Human Right decided to finally deport Kristen Gray back to his country.

By the results of the examination, the TPI Denpasar Class I Immigration Office suspected that Kristen Gray had disseminated information which was deemed disturbing to the public. This information includes, for example, easy access to Indonesian territory during the pandemic.

In this case, Kristen is suspected of carrying out business activities through selling e-books and installing Bali tourism consulting rates, so that she may be subject to sanctions in accordance with Article 122 letter a of the Immigration Law.

The Twitter account @kristentootie previously stated that it could provide easy entry to BALI through recommended agents, and offered cheap, comfortable and friendly living costs for LGBTQ +. Besides on Twitter, this was also published in an e-book for US $ 30 and followed by a consultation for US $ 50 for 45 minutes. Kristen Gray’s tweet went viral and became a trending topic on January 17 and 18, 2021.

From this case we can know that nowadays we should be careful in sharing something or trusting people especially for foreigners who want to enter Bali or those who are already in Bali. For the trusted visa services E-VISA Bali is the one of the trusted agent in Bali .

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