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    Swiss tourist sentenced to one year in Indonesian prison for mocking Bali Day of Silence

    A court in Denpasar has sentenced 26-year-old Swiss national Luzian Andrin Zgraggen to one year in prison for violating Indonesia's criminal code after posting videos mocking the Balinese Hindu Day of Silence.

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