Those who violate the law of the authority will certainly suffer harm. Because that only prove to show our disrespect in the authority. If we recognize such laws and follow them, we will definitely have a good reward but on the contrary if we break the law and rebel against that rule we will obviously be punished. But what if one is in a predicament condition and it would be necessary to do that action? causes one to break that law? That’s really hard. But as a law enforcer it really takes that self-respect and have that -patience.
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That exactly what happened to Mr Penaredondo a Filipino man who was found breaking quarantine rules has died after being made to do 300 squat-like exercises by police as punishment, his family said. Darren Manaog Penaredondo was allegedly stopped by officers while buying water after 1800 local time in Cavite province on Thursday. He collapsed the following day and later died. A relative of the victim, Adrian Lucena, announced his death on Facebook. He said Mr Penaredondo and others found violating the curfew were told to do 100 squat-like exercises in sync together. If they failed to do them at the same time, they would have to repeat the set, he said. The group ended up doing 300 of the exercises.
Mr Penaredondo came home at 0600 on Friday morning in pain, his brother said. His live-in partner told local news outlet Rappler that he struggled to move throughout Friday. Cavite province, on the island of Luzon, is currently under strict lockdown to tackle the spread of Covid. Marlo Solero, police chief of General Trias City, said there is no physical punishment for those found violating curfew rules, only lectures from officers. He told local media that if officers were found to have enforced the punishment, it would not be tolerated. MANILA, Philippines-A man died in Cavite province after allegedly being punished by the Philippine National Police (PNP) for "violating" the curfew while enforcing the enhanced community quarantine (ECQ) against COVID-19 in the NCR Plus bubble.
The police chief of the town where the incident allegedly took place denied that they were punishing those who violated the curfew. The national headquarters of the PNP has not yet made a statement on the alleged incident. "That whole day, he struggled to walk, he was just crawling. But I didn't take that seriously because he said it's just a simple body ache," Reichelyn Balce said. The following day he collapsed and stopped breathing. Ms Balce asked the neighbors to help revive him, but he reportedly died not long after. But the police denied that such an incident.
During a television address on Thursday, President Rodrigo Duterte warned citizens not to defy lockdown rules, saying: "I will not hesitate. My orders are to the police and military, as well as village officials, if there is any trouble, or occasions where there's violence and your lives are in danger, shoot them dead…So it’s a great lesson for everyone to not defy the law for the benefit of everybody…
" Police and local officials should respect the rights of those they arrest for violating curfew and other public health regulations, which can be done while still allowing the Philippines government to take appropriate measures to combat COVID-19 “said Phil Robertson, deputy Asia director. "Any mistreatment should be immediately investigated, and the authorities responsible held accountable." Since President Rodrigo Duterte put the main Philippine island of Luzon on lockdown on March 16, 2020, police have arrested hundreds of people in the capital, Manila, and other parts of the country. Most of the arrests are for violating curfew but some are for violating “social distancing” and quarantine regulations. Other cities and provinces enforced their own lockdowns following Duterte’s action, effectively shutting down the country.
“The Government of the City of General Trias values the implemented health standards to prevent the increasing number of COVID-19 cases in our community,” he said in a statement.
“Hurting or torturing anyone who violates it is not part of our policy.” The Philippines has introduced strict curfews and other lockdown laws in a bid to control the pandemic. But Human rights Watch has said the police actions against curfew violators has been “cruel, inhuman and disgracing.”
For this situation it is better for us that we just follow the law so that we avoid such disaster.
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