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Taiwanese, Russian influencers kicked out of Bali over fake mask video prank

  • A video showed Josh Paler Lin and Leia Se duping supermarket guards with a painted surgical mask after they were refused entry because Se was unmasked
  • The pair, who had apologised, will be deported as soon as possible after they are tested for Covid-19

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Russian influencer Leia Se leaves the immigration office in Jimbaran, Bali, on Friday. Photo: AP
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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 make-up.
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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?” Paler 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.

Paler 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 (US$70) for foreigners and deportation after a second offence, the police wanted them removed off the island immediately.

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