THE Island of Bali, well-known worldwide as a tourist destination, is presently being tainted by a shameful scandal involving children. It has recently been discovered that foreign pedophiles have been operating in various impoverished areas in the northern and eastern parts of the island. In March 2005, Bali Police arrested Michele Rene Heller, a pedophile from France who had been visiting Bali for the past 10 years.

The head of the Bali Provinci