7 hours agoThe unusual way people who don't wear masks in Indonesia are punished
Periskopi(6 years ago)
(6 years ago)Authorities in Indonesia have used unusual methods to force people to wear protective masks. In some provinces, residents caught in public places without a mask are said to have been closed for several minutes in coffins used to transport victims of the COVID-19 virus. Businessmen in Probolingo City market on the northern coast of [...]
In some provinces, residents caught in public places without a mask are said to have been closed for several minutes in coffins used to transport victims of the COVID-19 virus.
Businessmen at the Probolingo city market on the northern coast of eastern Java have served such a sentence, and some have been temporarily banned from working.
This is not the only unusual way to punish for not wearing masks: Some were forced to clean the market and the sewage there.
