Bali - BEWARE!

Seems like these snatch and grab episodes and rapes are occurring more frequently...


Be careful when in Bali:



Hi everybody.



Just heard again about a really bad story that happened to Valeria, a friend leaving here for 30 years, mother of Marlon and married to Lucas. She got attacked on Kerobokan street Friday night on her way home. She was on her bike, with helmet. They pushed her, grab the bag and beat her up on head almost to death on side of the road with people passing by !!... Nobody helped, helmet was found on side.

Her condition is extremely critical with 3 fractures on crane... trepanation, blood all over inside... Please pray for her.



Not only Valeria but all the other ones... Almost everyday now with more cruelty they always attack women foreigners on bike. At day, at night, even if you have a locked box at the back of your bike, they push you, take the key, open the box. 2 girls on bike between Petitenget and Umalas, 6 pm, hit on face with glass bottle of beer...and so many other stories, over and over... Legian, Seminyak, Kerobokan, Umalas, Berawa, Canggu but also Ubud now... And I'm not talking about rubbery in homes...

Girls, no more visible bag on bike and no box... Those criminals are crazy !



Police doesn't move, solidarity doesn't work much here, maybe a big buzz and a mediatic scandal could make a difference ? Pressure on touristic industry ?



PLEASE, PASS IT ON...... Even if you are not directly concerned. Could be your friend, kids...

PROTECT YOURSELF AND PEOPLE....

http://www.smh.com.au/national/handbag-snatch-womans-125000-in-life-savings-stolen-20100301-pcdq.html



Police last month reported the crime rate in Bali has shot up 14.8 percent in the first half of 2010 compared with the same period last year, with the tourism hubs of Denpasar and Badung regencies topping the list of crime-ridden areas.


The Bali Police have said that crimes targeting foreigners this year would more than double last year's total, as incidences rose to 115 from January to June this year compared to only 107 for all of 2009.


The crimes in Bali over the past year have been driven by a number of factors, which include simple desperation and opportunity, the probable motives for incidents such as bag-snatching and ATM fraud. http://www.balidiscovery.com/messages/message.asp?Id=6266



http://www.thebalitimes.com/2011/05/10/denpasar-police-hunt-bag-snatch-gang/