Jakarta police 'bend rules', sell confiscated masks to public

A sign at a store says face masks and hand sanitizers are sold out at Pasar Pramuka, Central Jakarta, on March 4.- JP

JAKARTA (The Jakarta Post/ANN): Around 60,000 surgical masks confiscated from hoarders will be sold to the public, the North Jakarta Police said on Thursday (March 5).

North Jakarta Police chief Sr Comr Budhi Herdi Susianto said that the masks would be more useful if they were sold to the public rather than kept as evidence, especially given the public’s fears about the spread of Covid-19.