Bali: 1 year in jail for a Swiss tourist
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A court on Bali gives a verdict for a man from Switzerland. The 26-year-old Luzian Andrin Zgraggen must go to jail for 1 year. He shows videos on the internet. He insults a holy holiday in the videos.
The holiday has the name Nyepi. This is the day of silence. Strict rules apply on this day. Nobody goes out on the street. Even the airport and the internet are off. People stay quiet and pray.
The man is angry about these rules. He wants to buy food outside. He calls the day crazy in his videos. He also uses bad swear words. Many people on Bali are very mad about this.
The police arrest the man. He is already 5 months in Unter-Suchungs-Haft. The court takes this time off his sentence. He says today: I am very sorry. He does not understand the rules well.
There are also hard punishments in the province Aceh. Scharia-Recht is active there. 11 people get public hits with a stick. A reason is sex without marriage. This is illegal in the rest of Indonesien.
The holiday has the name Nyepi. This is the day of silence. Strict rules apply on this day. Nobody goes out on the street. Even the airport and the internet are off. People stay quiet and pray.
The man is angry about these rules. He wants to buy food outside. He calls the day crazy in his videos. He also uses bad swear words. Many people on Bali are very mad about this.
The police arrest the man. He is already 5 months in Unter-Suchungs-Haft. The court takes this time off his sentence. He says today: I am very sorry. He does not understand the rules well.
There are also hard punishments in the province Aceh. Scharia-Recht is active there. 11 people get public hits with a stick. A reason is sex without marriage. This is illegal in the rest of Indonesien.
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Definitions
- Nyepi
- Nyepi is a holy holiday on the island Bali. People call it the day of silence. Nobody works or walks outside on this day.
- Unter-Suchungs-Haft
- This is the time a person spends in jail before a judge makes a final verdict.
- Scharia-Recht
- Scharia-Recht is a set of religious laws in Islam. Some places use these rules as state laws.
People
- Luzian Andrin Zgraggen
- A 26-year-old man from Switzerland. A court on Bali sentences him for insulting holy rules.
Locations
- Bali
- A famous island in the country Indonesien. Most people there follow Hinduism.
- Aceh
- A province in Indonesien. Very strict religious laws apply there.
- Indonesien
- A big country with many islands in Southeast Asia. Most people there are Muslims.
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