Bali Police have announced an island-wide prohibition on firecrackers during the Muslim fasting month Ramadan and the Idul Fitri holiday.
Good luck enforcing this one. Especially with all the firecracker-loving tourists in Kuta (looking at you, bogans).
Jokes aside, police say they will conduct a number of raids to make sure there’s no illegal firecracker use going on. And we can’t say we blame them. Seems like every Idul Fitri in every kampung there’s some horror story of a kid’s finger getting blown off from the dangerous explosives.
“We will raid for firecrackers in Bali and carry out inspections,” Bali Police spokesman Hery Wiyanto said on Friday, as quoted by Tribun Bali.
Both firecracker sellers and users will be subject to raids, he said.
However, Wiyanto explained police are making a distinction between mercon (firecrackers) which are banned and kembang api (traditional fireworks that are launched into the sky), which are allowed in smaller sizes.
