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View all search resultsA gay soldier, a second lieutenant of the Indonesian Army identified only by his initials DS, is fighting a legal battle over his alleged personal relations with three men in 2017 and 2018. His prosecution is discriminatory, according to rights groups.
A 53-year-old foreign woman holidaying in Bali became Indonesia's first COVID-19 fatality, but local authorities were only informed after her death that she had tested positive for the disease.
Japanese public broadcaster NHK previously reported that the Tokyo metropolitan government announced on Saturday that the man, a Tokyo resident in his 60s working as a staff member of a senior care facility, had been infected with the novel coronavirus.
More than 600 Chinese nationals have extended their stays in Bali amid fears of the coronavirus outbreak in China, securing emergency stay permits that enable them to remain on the resort island for another 30 days after their visas expire.
The tourists, comprising 49 adults and 12 children, had been stranded in Bali since Wednesday, following the Indonesian government’s decision to temporarily halt all flights to and from mainland China.
Pig farmers are concerned that the disease is related to the African swine fever outbreak that has resulted in the deaths of almost 50,000 pigs in North Sumatra over the past few months, but Balinese officials have yet to confirm the suspicions, saying they are awaiting the results of laboratory tests.
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