Bali Police Chief Spotlights Two Villas for Failing to Report Foreign Tourists in Ukrainian Citizen Execution Case
Bali Regional Police Chief Irjen Daniel Adityajaya has spotlighted two villas suspected to be the locations of the kidnapping and execution of a Ukrainian citizen in a recent shocking case in Bali. According to him, both villas failed to report the presence of foreign nationals staying there, making surveillance more difficult.
Moreover, Daniel stated that the villas in question are located in relatively remote areas and lack surveillance cameras. This has become one of the challenges for police in conducting initial investigations.
“Because this location involves four regencies and two villas, it turns out these villas are not equipped with CCTV, they are quite remote, and they did not report the presence of foreigners,” Daniel said during a press conference at Bali Police Headquarters on Monday (30/3/2026).
Daniel emphasised that there is actually an obligation for the public and accommodation business operators, such as hotels, guesthouses, and villas, to report the presence of foreign nationals (WNA) who stay for more than 1x24 hours. This obligation, Daniel clarified, is clearly regulated in Article 22 of Law Number 6 of 2011 on Immigration.
The former North Kalimantan Police Chief assessed that investigations could potentially be conducted more quickly and foreign nationals would be easier to monitor if tourist accommodations reported foreign guests staying there.
In addition to spotlighting the villas, Daniel also regretted the insufficient scrutiny of documents by rental companies when the perpetrators rented vehicles. The suspects in this case are suspected of using fake passports or documents that were not thoroughly verified.
“No one knew that the passport was fake, but at least there was physical evidence because at the time they only showed a photo on their mobile phone, and this is very risky,” Daniel said.
Nevertheless, Daniel appreciated the role of the community in assisting the case’s revelation, leading to police naming seven suspects. All of them are foreign nationals.
Going forward, Bali Police will invite various stakeholders, from the Indonesian Hotel and Restaurant Association (PHRI), vehicle rental business owners to accommodation business operators, to strengthen the surveillance system to maintain Bali’s tourism security.
“Please, let us coordinate with each other, just report the number of foreigners, who they are, through the Cakrawasi Programme that we issued some time ago so that everyone can be detected properly,” Daniel said.
Daniel added that all developments in handling the case, from naming suspects to uncovering new facts, were carried out through scientific crime investigation methods.
“After conducting a series of quite lengthy activities, a marathon and hard work from investigators, finally based on crime scene processing results, findings through witness examinations, in-depth investigations through scientific crime investigation, as well as intensive coordination with Immigration, the International Relations Division and through several countries, then case review and suspects have been named in this case, seven people, all of whom are foreign nationals,” Daniel stated.