Investigation followed public reports
The two were identified only as QL, a 40-year-old woman, and LW, an 18-year-old man. Immigration authorities detained them in late September after investigating reports from the public about unauthorized medical work at the hospital.
Officers with the Denpasar Immigration Intelligence and Enforcement Division monitored the facility before inspecting it. Neither individual was treating patients during the inspection, but officers seized their travel documents and called them in for formal questioning.
Investigators determined that QL and LW had arrived in Indonesia in July 2026 using standard visitor visas. Their work at the hospital required work-stay permits, known as ITAS, and licenses issued by Indonesian health authorities; neither had those documents.
"They covertly operated a medical practice at a private hospital in Bali without the appropriate residence permits and without valid medical licenses," Denpasar Immigration Office head R. Haryo Sakti said on October 11.
Removal and legal grounds
Authorities deported the pair under Indonesia's Law Number 6 of 2011 on Immigration, which permits administrative sanctions and expulsion for foreigners who violate domestic laws. AAD Today reported that Denpasar Immigration specifically cited Article 75, Paragraph (1), as the basis for the deportation sanction.
According to AAD Today, the departure process at Bali's I Gusti Ngurah Rai International Airport began at 9:30 p.m. local time. Both traveled on Xiamen Airlines: QL's itinerary to Beijing used flights MF892 and MF8127, while LW's journey to Wuhan used MF892 and MF8337.
Other enforcement in Bali
Authorities had announced increased inspections of unlicensed clinics and foreign doctors lacking work permits in southern Bali's resort areas at the end of August 2026, Bali.live reported. A beauty clinic in Canggu had already been closed in June. The Ministry of Health said its staff included medical workers from elsewhere who lacked documents authorizing them to practice.
Separately, Tempo.co reported that the Ngurah Rai Immigration Office had penalized 256 foreign nationals from 51 countries by the end of October 2026 for using their stay permits to conduct illegal businesses. Russians and Nigerians accounted for the largest groups, at 25 people each, followed by Malaysians and French nationals, at 14 each.
