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A British woman has been jailed for slapping an immigration officer in an argument over a fine for overstaying her visa.
Auj-e Taqaddas, 42, was found guilty in a court in Denpasar, Indonesia, of violence against an officer carrying out his legal duty at Bali Airport.
Judge Esthar Oktavi sentenced her to six months in prison.
He said that this is lighter than the one-year jail term sought by the prosecutor on July 28 last year.
But Taqaddas was not happy with the ruling.
She told the court: "This is an unfair decision ... I was forcibly brought to the court, no lawyers provided."
She accused the prosecutors of torturing her three times and trapping her in the country.
Waher Tarihorang, an official at the prosecutors' office who oversaw the case, denied using violence and said prosecutors had "the right to take forcible action to bring her to court".