A US-based YouTuber and a Russian influencer were ordered off Indonesia's resort island of Bali on Friday after recording themselves defying mandatory mask-wearing with some imaginative makeup.

Clips of the video created by Josh Paler Lin and Leia Se and posted two weeks ago show the two duping supermarket guards with a painted surgical mask after they were refused entry because Se was unmasked.

"Did you notice like no one's actually looking at you?" Lin exclaimed. "I can't believe it worked!" he said in the video that appears to have been taken down from his social media accounts but has since been reposted elsewhere (see below).



Lin is a Taiwanese passport holder whose YouTube channel specialises in prank videos and is followed by 3.4 million fans. Se has over 25,000 Instagram followers.

Although first-time violators of Bali's mask-wearing rule face fines of 1 million rupiah ($90) for foreigners and deportation after a second offence, the police wanted them removed off the island immediately.

"It's only proper to sanction them more severely, not just with a fine but also deportation," said Bali's civil service police unit head Dewa Nyoman Rai Dharmadi. "They are not only violating, but deliberately provoking in public to defy health guidelines."



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Big Daikon wrote: ↑Mon May 03, 2021 6:43 pm "I'm an influencer!"

-Gets deported.

To add to that..

Big Daikon wrote: ↑Mon May 03, 2021 7:47 pm

clutchcargo wrote: ↑Mon May 03, 2021 7:05 pm

Big Daikon wrote: ↑Mon May 03, 2021 6:43 pm "I'm an influencer!"

-Gets deported.

To add to that..

Asian girls laughing influence me. Like a lot.

Infectious

Where did this term 'influencers' come from anyway?

You can wrap it up and put a fancy 'noble title' bow on it but in my mind they are still just YouTubers..

No sense of humor these Indonesians.
A 10$ fine would have been sufficient.