JAKARTA: Indonesia's military ordered the deployment of hundreds of thousands of soldiers and police on Monday (May 25) to enforce rules on ...
People in Indonesia were scrambling to get around the rules to celebrate Eid al-Fitr. JAKARTA: Indonesia's military ordered the deployment of hundreds of thousands of soldiers and police on Monday to enforce rules on wearing masks and safe distancing, after reports of people in the world's fourth-most populous nation flouting them.
"We will monitor people to ensure people are wearing masks, and are also maintaining a safe distance from others," said Hadi."What we want is that people can do their activities, and at the same time stay safe from COVID-19."Malls with a capacity of 1,000 people, he said, would only be permitted to allow 500 people inside.
The announcement comes days after people flocked to local markets in the capital and its surrounds, many unmasked, buying new clothes for Eid, the celebration at the end of the Islamic fasting month.
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