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Indonesia arrests Swiss man for allegedly insulting Hindu holiday
Luzian Andrin Zgraggen faces up to five years in prison for hate speech under Indonesia's new criminal code after insulting Bali's Nyepi holiday on Instagram.
- On Sunday , Bali police said they arrested Swiss tourist Luzian Andrin Zgraggen, who faces up to five years in prison over alleged online hate speech.
- The Instagram post repeatedly used the 'f' word to refer to Nyepi and was reported to police, leading to Luzian Andrin Zgraggen's arrest on Saturday.
- Nyepi, Bali's Day of Silence, requires locals and tourists to stay home for 24 hours and discourages work, travel, entertainment and electricity use on the Hindu New Year.
- Bali police spokesman Ariasandy said investigators will seize Zgraggen's iPhone and question witnesses as part of the investigation.
- Bali, which attracts millions of foreign visitors annually, has seen more enforcement against tourists, with two French nationals and an Italian arrested last week for pornography-related accusations.
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A Swiss tourist must be responsible in Bali for an Instagram post: he is said to have insulted the holy "Day of Silence." The police arrested him.
·Dortmund, Germany
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A Swiss tourist has been arrested in Bali for an Instagram post on "The Day of Silence." He is threatened with five years in prison.
·Berlin, Germany
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A Swiss tourist was arrested in Bali. He had degraded the religious "Day of Silence".
·Zürich, Switzerland
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