One of two Aussies arrested alongside nine others in Bali over allegations of operating spas that offered prostitution services, is a survivor of the Bali Bombing.
Michael Jerome Le Grand, 50, and Lynley Le Grand, 44, both long-term Bali residents, were taken into custody earlier this week after one of their businesses, a spa, was raided.
A spokesperson for the Department of Foreign Affairs and Trade said it was providing consular assistance to two Australian citizens detained in Indonesia.
Police paraded the couple for the media in orange prison shirts on Friday, along with eight others arrested in the operation targeting the Pink Palace spa in Kuta district.
A police spokesman claimed the Pink Palace was turning over between $95,000 and $285,000 a year.
“The modus operandi is to offer massage services with various sensations in the Pink Palace, starting from 1 million to 2.5 million rupiah [$95 to $236],” alleged Police Grand Commissioner Adjutant I Ketut Suarnaya, the deputy director of the Bali police’s Criminal Investigation Directorate.
