Overview
- Indonesia’s Directorate General of Immigration confirmed on Dec 22 a 10-year entry ban for Tia Billinger, known as Bonnie Blue, following her deportation earlier in December.
- Police raided a site in Badung on Dec 4, detaining Billinger along with two British men and an Australian man and seizing a dark-blue pickup branded “Bang Bus” and camera equipment.
- Authorities said videos found on Billinger’s phone were private, so prosecutors declined pornography charges despite Indonesia’s strict anti-pornography laws.
- Officials said the group entered on visas on arrival while engaging in commercial content production that they warned could cause public unrest.
- Billinger and associate Liam Andrew Jackson received a small traffic fine over use of an open-back truck, and most others detained were released after questioning.