GRESIK REGENCIA, Indonesia – The Indonesian government hopes to send an unforgettable message to villagers who violate an order to mask by forcing them to dig the graves of coronavirus victims.
Eight citizens of gresik’s regency who were recently removed from their unmasked houses have been summoned and ordered to dig graves in the public cemetery in Ngabetan village, Indonesian news page TribunNews. com.
Suyono, the head of Cerme’s subdistrict in Gresik, said the punishment met a need because there were three undertakers running there.
But “hopefully, this can create a deterrent to rape,” Hisno added.
Two other people are assigned to each tomb: one digs while the other inserts wooden boards into the holes of the bodies, which in Indonesia are historically buried without coffins.
Violators of the Masks Act bury the bodies, which is controlled through officials dressed in protective equipment.
Indonesia has been forcing others to wear masks since April, and in Cerme, offenders are subject to fines or public service.
Indonesia has the highest number of deaths in Southeast Asia, with more than 9,200 victims, according to the knowledge of Johns Hopkins University. The number of cases in the country continued to increase around the pandemic.