It is reported in this week's Sanur Weekly that the Bali lockdown is not as yet having the desired effect on COVID, therefore leading the government to further tighten lockdown restrictions. All nonessential businesses will close completely and the nighttime curfew will be extended until at least July 20th, with further decisions to be made at that time.
In south Bali, foreign residents of the popular tourist town of Canggu continue to do their utmost to get themselves kicked off the island, with three more being set for deportation this week, having refused to wear masks and follow health protocols.
In other, non-COVID news, two men in Denpasar have been shot in the leg after breaking into a Mini-Market. A large number of cigarette packs and some bottles of perfume were found in the men's possession. The article goes on to marvel at the particular talent Balinese police officers seem to have for shooting people in the leg. Surely they have undergone some sort of sniper training, the writer suggests, "given the amount of perforated legs we have heard of over recent years. They seem never to fail and are surprisingly accurate in hitting the criminals at more or less the same location on the leg all the time. Sometimes even on both legs".
For what that's worth.
3 comments:
Getting hit in the leg is far better than how the firing squad does it here in the states I would say. At least they have lived to tell about it.
Yes, that seems to be the preferred method here, at least for small-time criminals. I mean, all these guys did was break into a store, right? No need to kill them. With terrorists it is different. They will "terminate with extreme prejudice". But that is usually a special police force called 'Densus 88'.
I agree. A shot in the leg seems much more preferable.
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