From: slider@anashram.com

MANILA: Philippine President Rodrigo Duterte has warned violators of coronavirus lockdown measures they could be shot for causing trouble and
said abuse of medical workers was a serious crime that would not be
tolerated.

https://www.channelnewsasia.com/news/asia/covid-19-philippines-lockdown-duterte-coronavirus-12601384?fbclid=IwAR38CB8bDpKY_Rz5EY1GF3GRC3L7sXQlOB-aYzxVoGHovbDgs87RgXtiLUw

In a televised address, Duterte said it was vital everyone cooperates and follows home quarantine measures, as authorities try to slow the contagion
and spare the country's fragile health system from being overwhelmed.

The Philippines has recorded 96 coronavirus deaths and 2,311 confirmed
cases, all but three in the past three weeks, with infections now being reported in the hundreds every day.

"It is getting worse. So once again I'm telling you the seriousness of the problem and that you must listen," Duterte said late on Wednesday.

"My orders to the police and military ... if there is trouble and there's
an occasion that they fight back and your lives are in danger, shoot them dead."

"Is that understood? Dead. Instead of causing trouble, I will bury you."

His comments came after media reports of a disturbance and several arrests
on Wednesday of residents in a poor area of Manila who were protesting
about government food aid.

They also follow outrage among the medical community about social stigma
and instances of hospital workers suffering physical abuse and
discrimination, which Duterte said must be stopped.

Activists deride Duterte over his fierce rhetoric and accuse him of
inviting violence and vigilantism, as shown in his war on drugs, during
which police and mystery gunmen have killed thousands of people accused of using or selling drugs.

Police say their actions in the anti-drug campaign have been lawful.

Duterte's office typically calls his remarks hyperbole to underline his
point.

The national police chief on Thursday said police understood that Duterte
was demonstrating his seriousness about public order, and no one would be
shot.

### - things to come? :)))

(spare a thought tho' for those poor peeps in the philippines; poverty
there is rife and they haven't got shit to cover them financially from all this, other 3rd-world countries too, and 4th worlds & 5th worlds...)

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