President Rodrigo Duterte has ordered the police to arrest, detain and investigate people who do not wear face masks properly.

“My orders to the police are those who are not wearing their masks properly in order to protect the public — kasi kung hindi, hindi mo madepensahan ‘yong publiko — to arrest them and detain them, investigate them why they are doing it (I have ordered the police to arrest, detain and investigate those who are not wearing their masks properly in order to protect the public because if we do not do this, we cannot protect them),” Duterte said in his public address on Wednesday.

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