Jakarta, Dec. 22 -- British adult film actress Tia Emma Billinger, widely known as Bonnie Blue, has been banned from entering Indonesia for 10 years, the country's immigration authority said.

Acting Director General of Immigration Yuldi Yusman made the statement on Monday to clarify foreign media reports quoting Bonnie Blue as saying she was banned for only six months.

"(We are banning her for) 10 years, not six months as stated in the video," Yusman said.

He explained that Bali's Class I Special Immigration Office at Ngurah Rai Immigration Checkpoint imposed the 10-year ban on December 12.

The sanction was issued over violations of the law and misuse of a stay permit during her visit to Bali, Yusman said.

The case emerged following ...