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Bali bomb survivors outraged over plans to build nightclub on site of 2002 terrorist attack

Survivors of the 2002 Bali bombings are devastated over plans to build a new nightclub at the site in the tourist district of Kuta.

Indonesian businessman Kadek Wiranatha, who took out a 30-year-lease on the site of the Sari Club last year, says he plans to build a nightclub and restaurant there.

His proposal opposes plans to lay out a 'peace park' in memory of the 202 that died in the attack.
Read entire article at Daily Mail (UK)