Indonesian immigration officials arrested a Russian girl named Luiza Kosykh at her villa in Bali on Wednesday after an old photo taken in 2021 resurfaced online.
Luiza Kosykh was detained by immigration officials at her villa in Pererenan, Bali on Wednesday
Denpasar Immigration Department heads Tedy Riyandi and Barron Ichsan, head of the Immigration Division of the Bali Office of the Ministry of Law and Human Rights, told local media on Thursday that Kosykh, who is in Bali on an investor visa, will be deported to his home country.
Kosykh apologized to the authorities, saying she did not mean to disrespect the Balinese people by posing nude under the sacred tree Kayu Putih.
Earlier, another Russian with social media influence, Alina Fazleeva, was also deported after posing nude next to the 700-year-old sacred Kayu Putih tree and posting it online last year.
The incident caused an international stir, and after public backlash, Fazleeva deleted the image and posted an apologetic video. In the video, she is fully clothed and is praying under a sacred tree, expressing her "regret".
The sacred Kayu Putih tree, also known as the Bayan ancient tree, is located behind a temple in Bayan village in the Tabanan district of Bali.
Kayu Putih means "white wood" in Bahasa Indonesia, over 50m high and 700 years old, attracting many tourists to take pictures
Many cases of naked tourists taking photos of sacred places in Bali have caused a stir recently. On March 19.3, a young Russian man named Yuri posted a photo of his check-in at the sacred mountain of Agung. In the photo, he has his back to the photographer, revealing his butt. Yuri later deleted the photo and apologized for her ignorance but was still asked by the Balinese to deport them.
In the first three months of the year, 620 foreigners were deported from Indonesia, according to the Indonesian immigration agency.
Violations include overstaying visas and residence permits, disrupting public order, misbehaving and failing to comply with Indonesian regulations.
