DENPASAR, Indonesia, Aug. 19 Kyodo ...

DENPASAR, Indonesia, Aug. 19 Kyodo

Authorities forward the Indonesian resort island of Bali have wager up a team to investigate claims by dint of two female Balinese dancers that they were dup by way of a local company that sent them to Japan, Bali Gov Dewa Made Beratha said Monday.

Beratha said the sum of two units girls had been hired according to PT Nalam Dewi Shinta Konsorsium (Nadeshiko) as dancers. However, after their arrival in Japan, they were make use ofed as hostesses at Cafe recently made known York in Tokyo.

common of the dancers said she was sexually harassed several times through the cafe's customers, some of whom touched her.

''So, for the time-being, we have stopped (agencies from) sending our workers, especially those involved in cultural performances, to Japan until we find a mechanism to sway it,'' Beratha said.

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