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Bali’s Rising Violent Crime Rate Could Threaten Tourism Industry
Denpasar. After years of recovering from terrorists attacks, Bali is now dealing with rising crime that threatens to sully the image of the tourist-dependent resort island, Governor Made Mangku Pastika said on Tuesday.

“Pickpocketing, for example; in Jakarta it is a merely a petty crime, but in Bali it becomes amplified and sensitive. It has a substantial impact on tourism,” Pastika said.

Speaking at a meeting of the province’s police leaders, Pastika said that no matter how trivial a crime was, in Bali it had the potential to become big.

He said that another threat to tourism was conflicts between traditional villages. He cited the case of a recent dispute between two villages in Gianyar district that became big news after the international news channel CNN reported it.

Pastika also said that while terrorism continued to be a threat, narcotics had become an escalating crime.

Bali, Pastika said, was no longer just a transit point to traffic illegal narcotics from mainland Asia to Australia but was now a market of its own.

He said trust and security would be difficult to rebuild once it had been damaged, and therefore he asked the police to not only consider security as physical security but also incorporate aspects of safety, certainty, prosperity and peace.

Pastika said trust should be built from bottom up and not the other way around.

As an illustration, he pointed out that “nowadays, it is the police headquarters that are flashy. But it is the precinct police who are at the forefront. They are squalid and the people are bad and of inadequate quality. What needs to be strengthened is the precinct police.”

Bali Police Chief Insp. Gen. Totoy Herawan Indra said that although crimes were diminishing in number, their seriousness had risen.

There were 5,280 cases of crimes in 2011, or 10 percent less than in 2010. However, cases of crime involving violence rose by 38 percent from 118 cases in 2010 to 162 in 2011.

Totoy said one thing to remember was that criminals were increasingly targeting tourists on the assumption that they had money to be able to travel

“Bali has become a place that is attractive to many, including criminals. Their targets are also tourists, foreigners or local,” Totoy said.

Bali’s economy depends largely on tourism. The island has suffered from two terrorist bombings, and each time it took years before tourism levels returned to its previous levels.

Source: Jakarta Globe. http://bit.ly/ysMmdJ
- 09 Feb 2012, 08:34 am
Felix Widmer wrote: > Denpasar. After years of recovering from terrorists attacks, Bali is > now dealing with rising crime that threatens to sully the image of > the tourist-dependent resort island, Governor Made Mangku Pastika > said on Tuesday. > > “Pickpocketing, for example; in Jakarta it is a merely a petty crime, > but in Bali it becomes amplified and sensitive. It has a substantial > impact on tourism,” Pastika said. > > Speaking at a meeting of the province’s police leaders, Pastika said > that no matter how trivial a crime was, in Bali it had the potential > to become big. > > He said that another threat to tourism was conflicts between > traditional villages. He cited the case of a recent dispute between > two villages in Gianyar district that became big news after the > international news channel CNN reported it. > > Pastika also said that while terrorism continued to be a threat, > narcotics had become an escalating crime. > > Bali, Pastika said, was no longer just a transit point to traffic > illegal narcotics from mainland Asia to Australia but was now a > market of its own. > > He said trust and security would be difficult to rebuild once it had > been damaged, and therefore he asked the police to not only consider > security as physical security but also incorporate aspects of safety, > certainty, prosperity and peace. > > Pastika said trust should be built from bottom up and not the other > way around. > > As an illustration, he pointed out that “nowadays, it is the police > headquarters that are flashy. But it is the precinct police who are > at the forefront. They are squalid and the people are bad and of > inadequate quality. What needs to be strengthened is the precinct > police.” > > Bali Police Chief Insp. Gen. Totoy Herawan Indra said that although > crimes were diminishing in number, their seriousness had risen. > > There were 5,280 cases of crimes in 2011, or 10 percent less than in > 2010. However, cases of crime involving violence rose by 38 percent > from 118 cases in 2010 to 162 in 2011. > > Totoy said one thing to remember was that criminals were increasingly > targeting tourists on the assumption that they had money to be able > to travel > > “Bali has become a place that is attractive to many, including > criminals. Their targets are also tourists, foreigners or local,” > Totoy said. > > Bali’s economy depends largely on tourism. The island has suffered > from two terrorist bombings, and each time it took years before > tourism levels returned to its previous levels. > > Source: Jakarta Globe. http://bit.ly/ysMmdJ

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