Russian tourist deported from Bali over nude photo on sacred tree
- Luiza Kosykh was sent back to Moscow days after her arrest, in the latest incident involving foreigners on the Indonesian resort island
- Her nude photograph in front of a 700-year-old banyan had gone viral, angering local Hindus who revere the tree
The 40-year-old woman, identified as Luiza Kosykh, left Bali’s Denpasar on a late Sunday flight to Moscow, Bali legal and human rights agency official I Nengah Sukadana said, just days after she was detained by immigration officials.
Kosykh was arrested on Wednesday after her nude photo in front of the 700-year-old banyan went viral, angering local Hindus who revere the tree as sacred.
She claimed the nude photograph was taken a few years ago and that she did not know the tree was considered sacred.
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