Klik di sini untuk diterjemahkan ke dalam Bahasa IndonesiaRoy Thompson of Ubud in Bali named by The Wall Street Journal / Dow Jones as a criminal fraud living in Bali selling fake platinum to dopes on eBay (aren't all eBay buyers dopes?);
Roy Thompson Bali Dow Jones Story
Plus caught red handed illegally selling Indonesian atiquities (or fakes thereof) on eBay without the required permits / certificates of authenticity, see: Indonesian Antiques eBay
American Roy Thompson came to Bali in 1998 inconsolable after his common law wife turned gay and dumped him. Roy being of lowly background, of which there is no shame, hated his job in the USA as an Administration Supervisor for the Medical Malpractice division of the Prudential in Boston. So Bali, with all those cheap prices, smiling faces, readily available dope (also at low prices), swaying palm trees, mystical "Gamelan" music, sunshine and 3rd world cost of living, like with so many other simpleton expats lured into making Bali their home, Roy decided he wanted to stay.
When Roy first arrived he did the normal foreigner thing of getting himself a Balinese girlfriend. Let me explain, like with many SE Asian countries, getting a girlfriend is easy, unless you want a decent girl in every way. Take pity on the girls of Indonesia and elsewhere who have to provide "other services" as so called "Night Butterflies"; their families make them do it. In Thailand they call these girls "bar hoes" and people often joke "You can take the girl out of the bar but you can never take the bar out of the girl!" but Balinese night butterflies are not the same, they are decent girls forced to making a living as best they can.
So it was, Roy got himself a Legian "girlfriend", but alas Roy became more and more attached to her. His small US money was big Bali bucks to his new found love, and over time she became more and more dedicated to him.
I believe Roy actually got besotted with his lady friend, but the fact is he also was having immigration office problems. As a "tourist" he had overstayed his visa several times over. He got away with the occaisonal "visa run" but was increasingly having to pay corruption bungs to immigration and police officers in Bali to get his "Bali fix". Finally, his Balinese lady became pregnant, though many will allege by a different patron, but Roy convinced himself the unborn child was his. So it was, he decided the time had come to marry his "former" night butterfly, Ni Nyoman Eri.
Plus caught red handed illegally selling Indonesian atiquities (or fakes thereof) on eBay without the required permits / certificates of authenticity, see: Indonesian Antiques eBay
American Roy Thompson came to Bali in 1998 inconsolable after his common law wife turned gay and dumped him. Roy being of lowly background, of which there is no shame, hated his job in the USA as an Administration Supervisor for the Medical Malpractice division of the Prudential in Boston. So Bali, with all those cheap prices, smiling faces, readily available dope (also at low prices), swaying palm trees, mystical "Gamelan" music, sunshine and 3rd world cost of living, like with so many other simpleton expats lured into making Bali their home, Roy decided he wanted to stay.
When Roy first arrived he did the normal foreigner thing of getting himself a Balinese girlfriend. Let me explain, like with many SE Asian countries, getting a girlfriend is easy, unless you want a decent girl in every way. Take pity on the girls of Indonesia and elsewhere who have to provide "other services" as so called "Night Butterflies"; their families make them do it. In Thailand they call these girls "bar hoes" and people often joke "You can take the girl out of the bar but you can never take the bar out of the girl!" but Balinese night butterflies are not the same, they are decent girls forced to making a living as best they can.
So it was, Roy got himself a Legian "girlfriend", but alas Roy became more and more attached to her. His small US money was big Bali bucks to his new found love, and over time she became more and more dedicated to him.
I believe Roy actually got besotted with his lady friend, but the fact is he also was having immigration office problems. As a "tourist" he had overstayed his visa several times over. He got away with the occaisonal "visa run" but was increasingly having to pay corruption bungs to immigration and police officers in Bali to get his "Bali fix". Finally, his Balinese lady became pregnant, though many will allege by a different patron, but Roy convinced himself the unborn child was his. So it was, he decided the time had come to marry his "former" night butterfly, Ni Nyoman Eri.
