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MANILA: Philippine authorities have launched an investigation into the death of a 28-year-old man who was allegedly forced to do nearly 300 repetitions of a squat-like exercise after he flouted coronavirus disease (COVID-19) quarantine rules last week.
According to reports, Darren Manaog Peñaredondo, 28, was apprehended by village watchmen on April 1 in General Trias City, Cavite province, south of the nation’s capital, Manila, while he was outside their house to buy water after 6 p.m.
Cavite, Metro Manila, and three other Luzon provinces were placed under the strictest community quarantine status for two weeks starting from March 29 after a spike in COVID-19 cases, including a curfew from 6 p.m. to 5 a.m.
The 28-year-old was said to be stopped by local authorities in the Philippines while buying water.
Human-rights advocates have criticized other punishments for COVID-19 rule-breakers in the country.
A man in the Philippines is said to have died after being forced to do 300 squat-like exercises as a punishment for breaking the country s strict COVID-19 curfew rules.
Darren Manaog Penaredondo, 28, was out buying water at a local store in the Cavite province, south of Manila, last Thursday when he was stopped by local authorities for violating the 6 p.m. curfew.
A relative, Adrian Lucena, said on Facebook that Penaredondo and others caught breaking curfew had been forced to do 100 squat-like exercises as punishment.