All villages in West Lombok have pledged non-involvement and refusal to facilitate child marriages, it has been reported, following the controversial union of a young man with two underage girls in the regency recently.

Hundreds of inmates in Bali’s Kerobokan Prison, famously and ironically known as Hotel K, tested “reactive” for the coronavirus following mass rapid tests conducted at the facility this week. 

Suprapto, who heads the correctional division at the Ministry of Law and Human Rights’ office in Bali, said yesterday that 627 inmates and six prison staff members at Hotel K had tested “reactive.

A peaceful call to action in Bali protesting Indonesia’s controversial new jobs creation law appears to have been hijacked by unknown parties calling for widespread violence, with police now getting involved to investigate further.

Officials in Bali say they are strengthening health protocol implementations across various popular destinations as a spike in domestic tourists are expected for next week’s long weekend.

“We are anticipating this long weekend to avoid any new clusters, therefore we must tightly implement health protocols,” Bali’s Tourism Agency chief Putu Astawa said today.

Kite season may technically be over in Bali, but kite-related violations are certainly not, as local authorities had to pull down a huge kite near Ngurah Rai International Airport yesterday. 

According to Tribun, around 10 officers comprising the Indonesian military as well as airport police and security — who are part of a “kite order task force” ⁠—undertook the task, as there were concerns that the kite might disrupt flight traffic.