A Balinese couple from Bangli just can’t believe the ordeal they have been through after finally getting to return home from a detainment in Singapore.
I Wayan Setiawan, 39, and Ni Nengah Ardani had been reported missing over here in Bali while they were detained in Singapore since February 17 and returned home on Tuesday, reports Tribun Bali.
“It’s as if everything is still a dream. I’m still very traumatized by the incident,” Setiawan told Tribun at his home on Thursday.
There was even a little question of whether the couple had left to join ISIS, but that speculation was ultimately knocked down since both man and wife are known to be Hindu.
Setiawan and Ardani had been on vacation, touring with a group of 18 other people through Singapore, Malaysia, and Thailand, after they reportedly raked in Rp 170 million from harvesting oranges.
After traveling to Johor, Malaysia from Singapore, they were deported back to Singapore when immigration officers said the pair had forged stamps on their passports, according to Tribun.
But based on Bali Post reports, the couple maintains their innocence and said they didn’t know the documentation wasn’t legit. They say they were shocked to be interrogated and detained.
The couple was reportedly arrested on February 17, then on February 26 they were convicted by a Singapore court and sentenced to three months time behind bars, Ardani at a facility in Changi and her husband in a facility closer to the Johor border. Lucky for them, they apparently only had to serve two.
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