Philippines: Man Dies After Punishment for Breaking Coronavirus Curfew
6 Apr 2021
A Philippine man died on Saturday after allegedly being forced to perform 300 squats by local village guards in the province of Cavite for leaving his house past curfew during a coronavirus lockdown.
Darren Manaog Peñaredondo, 28, died on April 3 after local quarantine enforcers known as
barangay tanod or “village guards” detained him in Barangay Tejero, a village near Cavite’s General Trias City, on April 1 for leaving his home to purchase drinking water after 6:00 p.m. The unauthorized outing violated Cavite province’s current curfew mandated by Manila on March 28 as part of a regional coronavirus lockdown.