Surfer to be deported after drunken attack

by The Manila Times

Jun 08, 2023 12:10 am

MEULABOH, Indonesia: An Australia surfer who was jailed for attacking several people while drunk and naked in Indonesia's Aceh province will be deported after he agreed to apologize and pay compensation, officials said on Wednesday.

Bodhi Mani Risby-Jones, 23, from the northeastern Australian state of Queensland, was detained in late April on Simeulue Island, a surfing resort in West Aceh regency, after police accused him of going on a drunken rampage that left a fisherman with serious injuries.

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