DENPASAR - BALI'S police are preparing charges of immigration
and work permit violations against a Singapore-based film director
over a movie that portrays beach boys on the island as gigolos.
The boys featured have denied their portrayed roles in the film,
Cowboys In Paradise, which has raised a ruckus of sorts on the
popular resort island.
Mr Armit Virmani, the Jakarta Globe reported Bali police
spokesman Gede Sugianyar Dwi Putra as saying, did not have the
official shooting permits.
The film-maker had also come to Bali on a tourist visa, and was
not supposed to have done anything apart from vacationing, he
added.
'But he made a film and thereby he clearly violated the
immigration law,' he was quoted by Antara as saying.
If charged, the film-maker could face up to one year in jail and
fines of up to 40 million rupiah (S$6,000) for violating
Indonesia's laws.
