YouTubers to be deported after backlash over painted mask prank in Bali


Se (left) and Lin made a video to see if other people in a grocery store in Bali would notice that one of them is not wearing an actual face mask. — Screengrab from YouTube

Two YouTubers in Bali, Indonesia are to be deported from the country after posting a fake mask prank video, according to various media reports.

In the video, YouTuber Josh Paler Lin attempted to see if anyone in a grocery store would notice that his partner Leia Se was not wearing a face mask. Instead, she had a blue face mask painted on the lower part of her face.

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