Anti-Maskers Forced To Dig Graves For COVID Victims In Indonesia

Eight men were forced to dig graves as part of their community service for refusing to wear masks.
Anti-Maskers Forced To Dig Graves For COVID Victims In Indonesia
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By Ed Scarce — September 15, 2020

If the United States was serious about combatting COVID-19 such a program would be implemented here. But it isn't. Which is another reason why the United States has had the worst response in the world.

Source: New York Post

Local authorities in Indonesia ordered eight people who broke the country’s face mask laws to dig graves for COVID-19 victims, according to a report.

The province of East Java punished the mask violators with the manual labor at a local cemetery in hopes of deterring others from disregarding the nationwide face-covering mandate, the Jakarta Post reported.

“There are only three available gravediggers at the moment, so I thought I might as well put these people to work with them,” politician Suyono told local media, according to the paper.

“Hopefully this can create a deterrent effect against violations,” he added.

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