Key points :
– Those violating the social distancing norms and not wearing masks in public places have to face an unusual punishment of digging Graves.
– People who disobey the orders will be subject to fines.
– Indonesia on Sunday recorded its sixth consecutive day of over 3,000 fresh COVID cases.
Local authorities in Indonesia’s East Java have formulated an unusual technique to penalize people who refused to wear face masks and asked them to dig graves at a public cemetery in Ngabetan village. According to a report in The Jakarta Post, local administration instructed eight people in Gresik regency, East Java to dig graves for those who have died of the disease caused by the novel coronavirus as punishment for refusing to wear face masks in public spaces.
In accordance with Regent Law No. 22/2020, people who disobey the protocols are subject to fines or community service as punishment, a report added.
Meanwhile, Indonesia on Sunday recorded its sixth consecutive day of over 3,000 new cases of novel coronavirus infection, as the capital city of Southeast Asia’s most populous country geared up to re-impose social distancing curbs. New infections on Sunday reached 3,636 with new deaths at 73, data from the health ministry’s website. That took the total number of cases to 218,382 and fatalities to 8,723, news agency Reuters reported.
