Caught On Camera: Japanese Tourists Posed As Customers Rob Street Vendor In Bali, Sweeping Off 11 Clothing Sets, Video Goes Viral

Free Press Journal ^ | Dec. 06, 2025 | Rutunjay Dole

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A group of Japanese tourists in Bali has sparked widespread criticism after being caught on camera stealing multiple clothing items from a local street vendor. The incident, which many online users are calling “an embarrassment,” has gone viral across social media platforms.

The shop owner discovered the theft after completing the store’s daily inventory and noticing that 11 clothing sets were missing. Suspicious of the unusually large discrepancy, he reviewed the CCTV footage, only to find that the missing items had been taken by visiting tourists posing as customers.

The surveillance video shows what appears to be a small clothing stall in Bali. Around four to five tourists can be seen browsing through the merchandise. Two men, positioned right in front of the camera, are visibly seen picking up clothing sets one by one and discreetly stuffing them into a bag, while others in the group appear to act as distractions...

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Japanese Students.
Japanese Tourists.

Shoplifting????

I find that highly unlikely, however anything is possible but not always probable.