A Black American woman accused of bragging in a Twitter thread about living in the Indonesian resort of Bali during the pandemic is facing deportation for that same social media activity, according to reports.
Kristen Gray has been identified as the woman whose tweet about moving from her Los Angeles studio to a treehouse in Bali at a fraction of the cost in California apparently landed her in hot water with Indonesian immigration authorities. The attention generated from her Twitter thread put a spotlight on her overstaying her welcome after her visa allegedly expired.
The Jakarta Globe reported that Gray allegedly “misused her visa.”
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Not to be outdone, though, Gray is accused of authoring an e-book that provided instructions for how people can move to Indonesia in the middle of the pandemic.
Gray spoke briefly at an apparent immigration proceeding and suggested she was being deported because of her relationship with her girlfriend.
“First off, I am not guilty,” Gray began. “I have not overstayed my visa, I have not made money in Indonesia.”
She continued without making mention of the book: “I put out a statement about LGBT and I’m being deported because of LGBT.”
Source: Black American Woman Says She’s Being ‘Deported’ From Bali ‘Because Of LGBT’
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