Philippines: young man dies after being forced into 300 squats for violating curfew

The authorities of Philippines opened an investigation by death of a young man who they made it do 300 sit-ups after not respecting the curfew in force in the province of Cavite, due to the coronavirus pandemic.

According to information provided by CNN Philippines, the family of the deceased Darren Manaog Peñaredondo, of 28 years, He said the young man came out for buy water last Thursday in the small town of General Trías, located at sure From the capital Manila, while the curfew was in effect.

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But in the middle of his journey, he was surprised by a Police patrol. As punishment, at first he was forced to perform a hundred abs synchronized as well as others who were also arrested. If they couldn’t do it simultaneously, everyone had to restart with exercise, and this forced repeat it in two occasions. Something that squats were for 300 in all.

Reichelyn Balce, novia of Darren, noted that the physical exertion caused him enormous suffering to the young man. “To get home, it was necessary help by another of the men who also suffered the punishment, because he felt a lot of pain “, he claimed.

Darren was unable to walk all day and as the hours passed his condition empire. Her face turned purple and her the heart has stopped beating “, his girlfriend added.

After this Peñaredondo began to suffer seizures last Saturday, and they couldn’t revive it. “Then his body failed again and we resurrected him, but he was in the coma. He died at 22:00 (local time), ”revealed one of his relatives, adding that the deceased had fell several times while being invited to do the squats.

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For his part, the Undersecretary of the Department of the Interior and Local Communities of Cavite, Jonathan Malaya, who conducts the investigation, assured that everybody Police officers who broke the law will be for follow-up and the administrative and penal sanctions corresponding.

At the moment, the Philippine police have relieved and reassigned to another function to Lieutenant-Colonel Marlo Solero, head of General Trías’s unit. Along with Solero, two other officers also suffered the same fate after the aforementioned security forces considered evidence to require curfew violators to perform physical exercises.