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.
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Florida Rep. Matt Gaetz says he has been talking to major networks about potential gigs.
Gaetz said he had spoken with Newsmax, OANN, and Fox News, among others, about life after Congress.
But Fox News told the Daily Beast they have no interest in hiring him.
Florida GOP Rep. Matt Gaetz again teased a possible early retirement from Congress on Wednesday, saying he d been speaking to executives at popular right-wing news networks to suss out possible gigs. But his job hunt hit an early stumbling block when a Fox News spokesperson said the network had no interest in hiring him.
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Two crossed lines that form an X . It indicates a way to close an interaction, or dismiss a notification. Thousands take part in a pro-democracy march in Hong Kong on June 4, 2020.
Washington has sanctioned 24 officials over Beijing s ongoing crackdown on Hong Kong.
This move comes as US Sec. of State Antony Blinken prepares to meet top Chinese diplomats in Alaska.
Those sanctioned include senior members of the Chinese parliament and Hong Kong police officials.
The US is expressing its displeasure over Beijing s crackdown on Hong Kong by sanctioning 24 officials from Hong Kong and China, a move that comes just before US Secretary of State Antony Blinken is set to meet with top Chinese diplomats in Alaska.
Simu Liu, who stars as Marvel's "Shang-Chi," penned a heartfelt op-ed on Variety highlighting the spate of violent racist attacks against Asian Americans over the past year.