Foreigners without face masks punished with push-ups in Bali
Published on: Thursday, January 21, 2021
By: AFP
An undated handout picture released on January 20, 2021 by Bali’s Satpol PP, the provincial public order agency, shows an official speaking to a foreigner as another performs squats as punishment for not wearing or improperly wearing face masks amid the Covid-19 coronavirus pandemic, along a street in Badung, Indonesia’s resort island of Bali.
DENPASAR: Foreigners caught not wearing face masks on the Indonesian resort island of Bali are being subject to an unusual punishment: push-ups.Video footage circulating on social media this week shows tourists in T-shirts and shorts being made to do the exercise in sweltering tropical heat as masked security officials stood over them.
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Bali authorities made wearing a face mask in public mandatory last year as Indonesia battled a raging Covid-19 outbreak.
In recent days, however, scores of foreigners have been caught without face coverings, said security official Gusti Agung Ketut Suryanegara.
More than 70 people paid a fine of 100,000 rupiah ($7), but about 30 others said they did not have the cash.
Instead, they were ordered to do push-ups.
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Those not carrying a mask had to do up to 50, while those who were wearing one improperly were punished with 15.
“At first, they would claim that they didn’t know the regulation,” Suryanegara told AFP. “Then they said they forgot, or that the mask was wet or damaged.”
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