Overview
- Bali immigration officers say they detained a 39-year-old Australian at his Jimbaran home and placed him in Ngurah Rai detention on Friday while he awaited deportation for alleged visa breaches.
- During routine CCTV checks officers found the detainee motionless in a restroom, gave first aid including oxygen, and he was declared dead on the way to Bali Jimbaran General Hospital.
- The hospital’s initial assessment recorded a suspected heart attack or cardiac arrest but officials stress that this finding is preliminary and subject to formal post-mortem and police conclusions.
- Indonesian police have opened an investigation, Bali immigration has briefed Australian consular staff, and Australia’s Department of Foreign Affairs and Trade is providing consular assistance to the bereaved family.
- The family identified the man as Cameron Hughes, said he lived in Bali for about 15 years and had an eight-year-old son, and they have asked for clearer information after receiving conflicting accounts about his detention and death.