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[I]Members of the Badung legislature are alleging that foreigners, with the help of locals, are establishing illegal enterprises and evading paying business taxes.According to Radar Bali, lawmaker Wayan Mendra claims that two of five restaurants recently demolished for zoning violations on Batubelig beach in Kerobokan were in fact owned by Italian and English investors, using a local as a "front" to avoid legal and tax obligations.Wayan Mendra said that while he supports foreign investment in the Badung regency providing such activities create employment, produce tax revenues and create a multiplier effect for surrounding enterprises. If, however, foreign capital is used to establish unlicensed businesses that don't pay their fair share of taxes and usurp public lands, such as beach setback zones, then such companies must be viewed as highly destructive."Because of this, foreigners who create illegal enterprises must be investigated. Is this a mafia?," asked Mendra. He urged that the relevant officials investigate the Italian he claims actually owned La Barca and the Englishman who owned Karma Beach Restaurant. Further, he asked if these men perhaps enjoyed backing from immigration, enquiring what type of visa they held? He also asked the Department of Manpower to check if the men held valid working permits.Mendra said that if the two men violated immigration or labor rules, then they must be punished and face deportation from Indonesia.Mendra expressed the opinion that there are many foreign nationals working illegally in the Badung regency for hotels, restaurants and villas.[/I][url=http://www.balidiscovery.com/messages/message.asp?Id=8299]Bali News: Xenophobia or Justifiable Mistrust[/url]
