Bali Police Name Swiss National as Suspect in Alleged Insult to Nyepi Day
Denpasar (ANTARA) - The Cyber Crime Directorate of Bali Regional Police has named a Swiss foreign national, Luzian Andrin Zgraggen, as a suspect in the case of alleged insult to Nyepi Day.
The Head of Public Relations of Bali Regional Police, Senior Commissioner Ariasandy, in Denpasar on Monday, explained that the case was uncovered by personnel from Subdirectorate III of the Cyber Crime Directorate of Bali Regional Police on 20 to 21 March 2026, based on the foreign national’s social media post that was widely discussed by the public.
The case began on Friday, 20 March 2026, around 08:00 WITA, when officers conducted a cyber patrol and discovered a post on the Instagram account @luzzysun.
“In that post, the account owner wrote a sentence with an insulting tone towards Nyepi Day,” he said.
Ariasandy stated that after profiling, the officers successfully identified the account owner as Luzian Andrin Zgraggen, a Swiss national.
Subsequently, the officers searched for the individual’s whereabouts.
On the same day around 20:30 WITA, officers who followed the suspect’s movements from the Kuta area to Ubud found him at the residence of Ni Luh Djelantik in Tumbak Bayuh, Mengwi, Badung.
At the request of Ni Luh Djelantik, the foreign national was then secured and brought to the Cyber Crime Directorate of Bali Regional Police for further examination.
The following day, Saturday 21 March 2026, around 11:30 WITA, Ni Luh Djelantik officially reported the incident to Bali Regional Police with report number LP/B/258/III/2026/SPKT/POLDA BALI.
After a case review at 16:00 WITA, the case status was elevated to the investigation stage, and Luzian Andrin Zgraggen was named as a suspect.
Subsequently, at 17:00 WITA, the investigators arrested the individual.
The investigators then conducted an examination at 18:00 WITA, before finally detaining the suspect at the Bali Regional Police Detention Centre at 23:00 WITA.
For his actions, the suspect is charged under Article 301 paragraph (1) of Law Number 1 of 2023 on the Criminal Code, regarding the dissemination of content containing religious-based hatred through information technology means.
Bali Regional Police stated that the elements of the charged article have been fulfilled, from the legal subject, the act of dissemination through social media, to the content deemed to contain hatred towards a group based on religion.
Currently, the investigators are continuing the legal process by sending a Notification of the Start of Investigation (SPDP), seizing evidence in the form of one mobile phone belonging to the suspect, and examining several witnesses to strengthen the evidence.