Top cop: ‘Zombie parade’ for safety, not to ridicule

The walking parade: A screengrab of the viral video of quarantine violators in Silay, Negros Occidental. — Philippine Daily Inquirer/ANN

The police chief of Silay, Negros Occidental said he has no intention to degrade quarantine violators, who were allegedly made to parade like zombies in their streets.

“I have no intention to embarrass them. For us, we want them to maintain social distancing to prevent infection from the virus, ” Silay police chief Major Rollie Pondevilla said over CNN Philippines, reacting to criticisms against their move to parade face mask policy violators in the streets.