Authorities have had the help of thousands of zealous citizens who report offenders who refuse to isolate.
The respiratory disease – which emerged in China late last year – has infected roughly 1.2 million people and killed about 65,000, according to a global tally by Johns Hopkins University. In New Zealand, which is under a one-month shutdown, a police website set up to allow residents to report their neighbours who break isolation rules crashed hours after going live.
“When we are all threatened with the risk of catching a lethal, incurable disease I see no reason why individuals should not report their legitimate concerns to the authorities,” said David Watts, former privacy commissioner for Australia’s Victoria state. Still, both Watts and Lindsay said the balance between privacy and surveillance should be reset when the pandemic is over.
Human rights experts worry that the tens of thousands of migrant workers who returned to Myanmar after a shutdown in neighbouring Thailand’s left them jobless will come under intense scrutiny.
Huh!! I dread to think what’ll happen after MCO. I sincerely hope those arrested do not take d law unto themselves once freed after MCO. Gov must look at all possibilities, revenge one of them when opening a complaint line. In India there was already retaliation to beatings.
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