A New Zealand citizen with the initials ML, who protested against\nloudspeaker use at a mosque in Gili Trawangan, North Lombok Regency,\nWest Nusa Tenggara (NTB), has been taken to the Immigration office. Upon\nexamination, the foreign national was found to have overstayed her\nvisitor visa.<\/p>\n
\u201cThe individual has been taken to the immigration office for further\nexamination regarding her overstayed residency permit,\u201d said the Head of\nthe Criminal Investigation Unit of North Lombok Police, AKP I Komang\nWilandra, in a statement on Sunday (22\/2\/2026).<\/p>\n
Wilandra explained that this was based on the results of a joint\noperation by police officers from the Gili Indah Sub-sector Post in Gili\nTrawangan and Pemenang Precinct Police, who accompanied Immigration\nofficials when they visited the location to check the foreign woman\u2019s\nstatus.<\/p>\n
When police provided security assistance, ML initially refused to\nmeet with the delegation, but through a careful approach, she eventually\nagreed to meet the team on the condition that the number of people\npresent was limited.<\/p>\n
ML told Immigration officials that her reason for protesting the\nmosque activities was that she felt disturbed by the loudspeakers used\nfor tadarusan (communal Quran recitation). She considered it a\ndisturbance to her rest time at night.<\/p>\n
Officers then provided an explanation regarding local community\nactivities, particularly during the holy month of Ramadan. Tadarusan is\na routine act of worship for Muslims. Officers also urged ML to show\nunderstanding towards these activities.<\/p>\n
ML\u2019s actions had gone viral through video recordings circulated on\nsocial media. The footage showed a number of local residents attempting\nto calm ML, who was causing a disturbance at the mosque on Wednesday\nevening (18\/2).<\/p>\n
The microphone used by local residents for tadarusan was damaged. A\nresident\u2019s mobile phone that had been recording her actions was also\nseized by ML.<\/p>\n
When a village official visited ML to request the return of the\nresident\u2019s mobile phone, ML refused and threatened the official with a\nmachete.<\/p>\n
It was revealed that ML had been staying in Gili Trawangan at the\nresidence of her parents, who had previously been expelled by the local\ncommunity.<\/p>\n
Following the incident, police are now providing security around the\nmosque and the villa where the foreign national resides.<\/p>", "url": "https:\/\/jawawa.id\/newsitem\/foreign-national-who-protested-quran-recitation-sound-in-gili-trawangan-found-to-have-overstayed-visa-1771725621", "image": "" }, "sponsor": "Okusi Associates", "sponsor_url": "https:\/\/okusiassociates.com" }