Indonesian immigration authorities in Bali say they refused entry to an American man because of his history of sexual offenses in his own country.
Head of Ngurah Rai Immigration Class I, Ari Budijanto told reporters that United States national JDD, 71, arrived in Bali from China on Xianmen Air flight MF891 on Sunday.
But because of the American’s alleged history as a sex offender, he was sent back on Monday at 1 am, reports say.
“We refused (JDD’s entry), because according to our data, he has been involved in sexual crimes. And we do not want to take the risk, for something that would disturb our society,” Tribun Bali quoted Budijanto as saying.
It’s not surprising Indonesian authorities wouldn’t want to run the risk of allowing in someone tagged as a sex offender, given the high profile case of an elderly Australian man who was recently found guilty of sexually abusing a number of young girls in Bali.
Indonesia has amped up its penalties for sex crimes, passing a law authorizing chemical castration for child sex offenders. The Australian, however, was ineligible for that penalty and was ultimately sentenced to 15 years by Denpasar court this October.
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