This masthead also understands that police from Jakarta travelled to Bali for three days recently to conduct an internal review of the local officers’ investigation.

Nitha’s lawyers have questioned why the Australians were not formally interviewed. They have also alleged the police raid may have been instigated by the business partners, who sought to recoup their investments from Nitha after her relationship with Olarenshaw broke down in August.

The police review’s findings are unknown, and it is also unclear how the Bali police intend to interview the Australians. Olarenshaw, who has not responded to requests for comment, returned to Australia before the raid. It was believed another member of the quartet had also left Bali, but Nitha’s lawyers thought two of them were still in the province.

The court hearing on Tuesday was not about proving Nitha’s guilt in relation to the charges of “pimping” and pornography at Flame Spa – this will be the focus of a later trial. Rather, the hearing was about whether police had enough evidence to arrest her. The judge ruled that they did.

This masthead does not suggest anyone associated with the operations of the business knew of the sexual activity being alleged by police.

The business openly advertised “full body-to-body sensual massage with three exotic therapists” but also that it “strictly prohibit[s] sexual intercourse”.

“I knew all the therapists at the Flame Spa – they were my colleagues and my friends. None of them are prostitutes,” Tangkas Sudana Yoga, a waiter for the business, told this masthead outside court last week.

“The spa has very strict rules about it.”

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