Influencers sorry for fake mask video prank


A US-BASED YouTuber and a Russian influencer, who were ordered off Indonesia’s resort island of Bali after recording themselves defying mandatory mask-wearing with some imaginative make-up, have apologised.

Clips of the video created by Josh Paler Lin and Leia Se and posted two weeks ago showed the two duping supermarket guards with a painted surgical mask after they were refused entry as Se was unmasked.Lin is a Taiwanese passport holder whose YouTube channel specialises in prank videos and is followed by 3.4 million fans. Se has over 25,000 Instagram followers.

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