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Philippines probes Manila police chief's birthday bash amid lockdown

Published 05/13/2020, 06:26 PM
Updated 05/13/2020, 06:30 PM
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MANILA, May 13 (Reuters) - The Philippines government
ordered a probe on Wednesday of the Manila police chief's
birthday celebrations after photographs posted online showed him
and dozens of fellow officers flouting a ban on social
gatherings to curb the coronavirus outbreak.
Debold Sinas, the chief of the National Capital Region's
police office, apologised for "causing anxiety to the public",
but the national police chief and justice minister ordered
separate investigations into the incident.
Photographs posted on the force's Facebook page on May 8 had
shown Sinas along with dozens of people without masks sitting
closely, with beer cans on their tables despite a liquor ban,
while band entertained them.
The photographs were taken down as the backlash mounted on
social media, but by Wednesday the police chief's party had
become the Philippines' second most trending topic with more
than 22,000 tweets.
"It was never my intention to disobey existing protocols
relative to the implementation of the enhanced community
quarantine," Sinas said in a statement.
Interior Minister Eduardo Año, a retired military general,
described the party as a "big no, no" in violation of the
lockdown in the Philippines capital.
The Philippines has recorded 11,618 coronavirus cases,
including 772 deaths.
Curbs on businesses and movement in Manila, home to 13
million people, were introduced in mid-March, and have since
been extended up to the end of May, though restrictions in
so-called low-risk areas have been eased to jumpstart the
economy.

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