45 Palangka Raya Residents Not Wearing Masks Are Sanctioned From Written Warnings, Fines And Social Work

PALANGKA RAYA - As many as 45 residents of Palangka Raya City, Central Kalimantan, were caught by judicial operations and were given sanctions for not wearing masks while on the move.

Pahandut Police Chief AKP Erwin TH Situmorang with the Palangka Raya City COVID-19 Task Force Team, said the operation was carried out in the Jalan Dr Murjani area, Pahandut Village.

"The operation of approximately two hours succeeded in capturing 45 prokes violators, because they did not wear masks when crossing the road," Erwin said, quoted by Antara, Friday, August 27.

He said that the dozens of violators who were caught were on average subject to sanctions by officers in accordance with Palangka Raya Mayor Regulation Number 26 of 2020 concerning law enforcement and discipline of health protocols during the COVID-19 pandemic.

The sanctions imposed for two prokes violators are written warnings. Then for 35 people social work sanctions as well as saying Pancasila and singing national songs.

"While the other eight people were subject to administrative fines or paid cash in accordance with applicable regulations," he said.

Currently, all elements of government and agencies in Palangka Raya City are incessantly carrying out efforts to overcome and mitigate the COVID-19 pandemic in their area, especially with the implementation of Level 4 Community Activity Restrictions (PPKM) in Palangka Raya City.

"PPKM Level 4 is implemented in Palangka Raya City based on the Instruction of the Minister of Home Affairs Number 36 of 2021, which is due to the high number of positive patient cases and the number of deaths caused by COVID-19," said Erwin.

A number of relevant agencies and the government in the local city, continue to make various efforts to continue to suppress the high spread and impact of the outbreak.

One of them is by holding judicial operations at several points every day, in order to discipline the community to always comply with the prokes.

"With this kind of activity, I hope that public awareness will continue to increase regarding the prokes in the midst of the COVID-19 pandemic which is very dangerous to public health," he explained.