Eight men who refused to wear face masks in public were ordered to dig graves for people who died of COVID-19 in Indonesia.
The rule-breakers were not made to touch the corpses - a task which was left to local health officials wearing full-body personal protect equipment.President Joko Widodo declared a public health emergency on 31 March.
Vendors who broke the rules have also had their shops temporarily closed, their IDs confiscated and have been made to clean open sewers as punishment, law enforcement co-ordinator Ugas Irwanto said.
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