Bali haven for foreign paedophiles

[Aidoneus]

Bali haven for foreign paedophiles
Tuesday 10 February 2004

Paedophile rings of Australians, Europeans and Americans are operating freely on the Indonesian island of Bali, a new report has claimed.

Australian child advocacy group Child Wise said on Tuesday children on Bali's streets had reported networks of thousands of foreign men preying on them, working together and sharing the children.

The Melbourne-based group said Bali had became more vulnerable to paedophiles following the car bombings 18 months ago which claimed 202 lives, including 88 Australians.

"Significant child prostitution industries are created when communities are vulnerable and we felt Bali was particularly vulnerable," Child Wise national director Bernadette McMenamin told AFP.

The release of the report followed the arrest in Indonesia last
month of former Australian diplomat William Brown on child sex
charges involving two Balinese boys aged 13 and 15.

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http://english.aljazeera.net/NR/exeres/F1016415-ACAF-4A0F-8AEF-6E07018056CE.htm

[Mari333]

1. oh christ

My son was 20 and went to Bali on holiday, (which terrified me, because he was so naieve imo and was going to visit a country that was eventually an easy target to hit americans and etc) and I told him to be careful..a year later the attack in Bali confirmed to him Mom was right..
He said the people there were so kind and so good, and would be devastated if they lost the tourism business and looks like its worse then ever ..whats sad is that these pedophiles are taking advantage of this sorry state of affairs..bombed out country, people in desperation, and they must think its a magnet for them now
God I hope the International Community takes them to task for this..wherever there is abject poverty and desperation, the children suffer the most horribly..

[Vogon_Glory]

2. Despicable Tourist Behavior But

I find the behavior of pedophile tourists to be despicable, but that would not prevent me from going to Bali, time and finances permitting.

If I went to Bali, I would look at the above water scenery and the only wet and slippery activities I would indulge in would involve scuba diving.

No minors allowed.