Today/MalayMail/TribunNews-Sept 15, 2020

In a bid to get more locals to wear face masks, Indonesian authorities have come up with another unorthodox penalty for stubborn anti-maskers. Eight people from Cerme in the Gresik regency of East Java were ordered to dig graves for Covid-19 victims as punishment for not wearing face masks in public last week. Cerme district head Suyono said he picked this punishment because local cemeteries are currently short-handed and he felt this would be the perfect way to teach local anti-maskers in the district a lesson. “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,” Mr Suyono told local news portal Tribun News.

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