Indonesian politicians have done it again: flip-flopping on their policies, something that Malaysian corporations with investments in industries there, such as banking and plantations, have had to deal with before.

Many Australians, thinking they had circumvented Indonesia's ban on foreigners owning freehold land, have signed illegal nominee deals. The story sounds Kafkaesque. Susi Johnston has lost everything; her beloved husband, their $3 million Bali home, the peaceful retirement she had planned.

In a front page report published in the Bali Post on domination of the Island’s tourism business by non-Balinese and titled “Bali is Left the Task of Protecting Culture,” saw prominent members of the local community voice their concerns and disappointment with the current state how Bali is...