Police in crackdown on Bali robbers
The recent spate of robberies targeted at tourists in Bali has the provincial police chief warning that heads will roll. 


The latest robbery earlier this week saw an Australian man and a Swiss man robbed of valuables and millions of rupiah. 


Bali Police Chief Insp. Gen. Hadiatmoko told the Jakarta Globe that he had ordered officers to give priority to the cases.
“If within a week the perpetrators aren’t arrested, I will personally fire the police chiefs in the jurisdictions in question,†Hadiatmoko said. 


In the first incident, a 66-year-old Australian lost valuable items and cash when he was burgled while sleeping in his villa at the Bali Wisata Bungalow in Tabanan district. 


He lost a laptop computer, cell phone, digital camera and Rp 4.6 million ($510) in cash. 


A Swiss man suffered heavy losses after getting conned by a gang in Kuta. 

They later took him to an ATM and forced him to withdraw Rp 5 million.
They then took him to a cell phone store in Denpasar, where they forced him to buy them 10 Blackberry handphones, according to police records. 


Ian Jarrett
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