In an extremely chilling punishment, the Indonesian government made 8 of its citizens who failed to comply with the country’s mask laws to dig graves for COVID-19 victims, according to the Jakarta Post.
The act happened in the province of East Java, whereby authorities enforced the punishment as a way of deterring others thinking of not complying with the nationwide face-covering mandate.
The punishments does not seem to be flatting the Indonesian curve, however. Indonesia currently has 8,841 deaths to COVID and 221,000 plus cases, which is still on the rise. Politican Haryona Suyono told the Post…
There are only three available gravediggers at the moment, so I thought I might as well put these people to work with them. Hopefully, this can create a deterrent effect against violations.
Well, it certainly solves the issue of a lack of gravediggers in the country, however extreme you may think the punishment may be. Indonesia made a law recently whereby mask-wearing is now mandatory in public throughout Indonesia. There has been vocalisation from some members of the public, however, against the wearing of masks and the lack of social distancing. In Cerme, the “three pillars” gives those caught not wearing a mask the option of accepting a fine of 150,000 rupiah ($10) or accepting what the government calls “social punishment,” according to the district’s leader, Suyono.
Authorities in the capital, Jakarta made a man sit in a coffin in public whilst members of the public and press took photos of the man, presumably humiliating him.
A bit of a manual labour never hurt anybody, right? Remember that the next time you forget to wear your mask.
Oh, and if you’re still thinking COVID is an overreaction, check this out.
