Nigel Mason, owner of Bali Adventure Rafting, Elephant Safari Park, and star of Australian Penthouse (he posed on elephant-back but remained fully clothed) described himself in a notarized letter submitted to the California Superior Court in December 2008 as: "I am classed as probably one of Bali's best known expatriates and have a high reputation for being one of the island's most repected and successful businessmen."
"Best known" no doubt, although "respected" wasn't a word I would have chosen. I had always felt he was an obnoxious braggart and bully. Apparently Nigel didn't like me, either, as he makes plain in this email he broadcast widely in Bali in December 2007.
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Remember the tale of the six blind men who went to see the elephant? No one was completely wrong, yet none were entirely right.
Indonesian law is a lot like that.
“Complex and unusual – a vast and tangled jungle of law,” according to scholars. Indonesian law as written, as applied, and as experienced may all be entirely different.
From the common “prenuptial agreement” scam, through pitfalls of dealing with lawyers and courts, to errors of applying foreign legal concepts to a superficially similar Indonesian legal system, Indonesian Law Advisory gives practical answers when possible, and explores the background of Indonesian law to explain why in so many cases no concrete answers are available.