The National Police and the Justice Department are preparing for hearings that would levy severe fines on violators of the quarantine period. Police director Ney Aldrin Bautista has complained that upwards of 7,000 persons have been arrested for violating the curfew.
The Police director said that the numbers of arrests were so many that they are now using multi-use facilities in towns and cities. Most of the arrests are young people who he said don’t understand the severity of what the country is facing. The Police director says they are toughening the measures, meaning keeping the people longer under arrest in adverse conditions to get the message out to the population. He said the cases of violation are being documented to ensure that those in violation be fined.
Speaking in an interview for Esta Noche Mariasela TV show, Bautista said that the Police is also prepared to implement a “shut down the city plan” if deemed necessary by the High Commission for the Prevention of Coronavirus.
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25 March 2020