People refusing to wear face masks in Indonesia are being forced to dig graves for coronavirus victims as punishment, it has been reported.
Photos show eight alleged rule breakers preparing plots in a public cemetery in Ngabetan, East Java, with village chiefs struggling to contain rising case rates, reports The Jakarta Post. "Hopefully this can create a deterrent," said Suyono, a village leader.
He explained the anti-maskers helped to bump up the area's flagging number of gravediggers, which stands at just three. The flouters were paired up, with one digging a hole and the other placing wooden planks to lay the corpses - though Suyono said only health officials in PPE could handle the bodies.