Bizarre footage has emerged of a tourist in Bali being wheeled through the streets on a trolley by security staff with their wrists and ankles tied.
‘Drunk foreigner causes chaos at Y Sport Bar, Legian – starts hitting people,’ the caption to the video shared on the bali.info.official Instagram page said.
Legian is a popular tourist area of Denpasar located between the bustling hive of Kuta to the south and the less crowded Seminyak area to the north with its well known surf beach.
Commenters on the clip commended the way security staff handled the situation and said it was ‘tough to find the balance between being welcoming as a tourist island and letting tourists walk all over us’.
‘Gotta admire the way this was handled,’ one said, while another added: ‘This kind of tourist we don’t need in Bali. Jungle behavior!’
One viewer branded the incident ‘Bali Bogan strikes again!’ as another posted: ‘Looks like they’re taking him to a dumpster… Give him another Bintang.’
It is unclear what nationality the man being carted along on the trolley is, but the incident follows Australians being caught up in a brawl at the famous Finns Beach Club in nearby North Kuta earlier this year.
Five tourists brawled with about 15 security staff in that incident.
Bizarre footage has emerged of a tourist being carted down a Bali street on a trolley with their wrists and ankles tied after an incident at Y Sports Bar in Legian
It was allegedly sparked when a man harassed a woman inside the club before he was evicted and then turned on security.
Club security tried to break up the scuffle, causing the Australian man to allegedly raise his middle finger at one of the guards.
Bali police claim he had previously been warned for anti-social behaviour before he was kicked out of from the venue.
Police allege the Australian resisted the security guards and assaulted them in the car park. A guard tried to secure the Australian’s hands before four other men ran into the car park and allegedly began beating and hitting him.
Footage showed a shirtless man restraining a cowering security guard as another man appeared to beat him with a bollard.
Following the brawl, three shirtless men could be heard saying ‘let’s go’, before the group fled the scene.
A number of tourists were involved in the brawl earlier this year at a different Bali bar
Police alleged that affray stemmed from an alleged harassment incident at Finns beach club
The trolley incident is also reminiscent of footage of two young women being wheeled back to their Thai hostel in December, although the police officer in that case were looking after the women’s welfare.
The video shows the friends in the trolley, slumped over as they were ferried back to their accommodation. The attentive official cautiously manoeuvred the two-wheeler cart to prevent them from falling out.
Their friends later helped to carry the pair to their rooms and hauled them onto their bunk beds, with the kind officer placing a blanket over one of them.
‘I know what it’s like to have a daughter and how much we worry about them’ Sergeant Major Saneh Jualaong said after helping them.
‘I thought about their parents back at home. They were both too drunk to speak and too drunk to stand up.
‘In that condition, they could have an accident, such as falling into the sea or falling down steps. I made sure they returned safely to their beds.’
Police Colonel Surasak Jaidee, superintendent of Koh Phi Phi Police Station, added: ‘As for why he used a trolley, it was because all routes on Koh Phi Phi are for walking, so we could not use a car.
‘The motorcycle was also unable to transport the unconscious passengers, so he had to use the trolley.
Two tourists in Thailand in December had to be taken back to their hotel rooms in a trolley after getting too drunk
‘This was not the first time police have assisted drunk tourists. They have been doing this for over two years.
‘We understand that they come to the island to have fun. We don’t want to punish them. It is better that we are there to help and protect them.’
According to figures released in December, Bali was the number one destination for Australians who booked a holiday through Webjet for 2025.
That represents a 41 per cent rise on the previous year, showing that despite its popularity and the holiday island swarming with tourists, Australians are still heading there in droves.
