The police in Bali are using extraordinary means to reprimand tourists without face masks.
Up to 50 push-ups can be due for the offense.
Curious but true: In Bali *, the police are now ordering tourists who are without a mask to do push-ups.
Usually this offense costs 100,000 Indonesian rupiah (the equivalent of just under six euros).
Obviously, some holidaymakers don't seem to have the money with them, so those affected have to work out physically instead.
Anyone caught in public without a face mask must do
50 push-ups
.
Anyone wearing a mask but not covering their nose has to do 15 push-ups.
Bali vacation: Most tourists do not adhere to the mask requirement - with consequences
In fact, the mask requirement has been in effect in Bali since August 2020.
However, 90 percent of foreign tourists would not adhere to it
, as Gusti Agung Ketut Suryanegara from the police in Badung told the AFP news agency.
“When we point out the rule violations to them, they often react disrespectfully.
Hopefully, if we do such inspections more often, more people will stick to the rules. "
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A tourist in Bali is stopped because she is not wearing a face mask.
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More than 70 people were caught without a mask, as
insider.com reported
, citing AFP information.
However, since 30 of them could not pay the fine, they had to do the push-ups instead.
One tourist even got away by singing “Volare”.
Since then, a wide variety of videos have surfaced online showing how the police in Bali asked foreign tourists to do push-ups.
Some of them are very enthusiastic about it.
Tourists in Bali are punished with push-ups for not wearing masks.
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Harsher penalties for mask refusers in Bali soon?
"First they say that they do not know the law, then they say that they have forgotten, that the mask is wet or damaged," says Gusti Agung Ketut Suryanegara.
The authorities are tired of the vacationers not sticking to the rules - that's why there is now a discussion about whether
the mask refusers could simply
be
expelled from the country
.
According to
euronews.com
there is an entry ban for foreign tourists, but travelers from other parts of Indonesia are allowed.
(fk) * Merkur.de is part of the nationwide Ippen-Digital editorial network.
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