28-year-old Darren Manaog Peñaredondo was forced to do 300 squats as punishment for breaching a Covid-19 curfew.
He was reportedly buying water past the curfew’s timing of 6pm at the city of General Trias, Cavite province.
General Trias is currently under a curfew that lasts from 6pm to 5am.
Peñaredondo was allegedly spotted by the police and brought to the front of the city’s municipal hall, where he was forced to do 300 squats.
His sister said that he was unable to move his body the following day due to fatigue brought on by the punishment and he had issues walking.
He was also aching in his body, thighs and knees.
Peñaredondo then begun to have seizures and started convulsing, where he then lost consciousness and subsequently died at 10pm.
Police denied arresting him
Marlo Celero, the police chief of General Trias, denied that the police arrested Peñaredondo, saying that they did not have records of his arrest.
Celero said:
“Upon our investigation, we found out that one Darren Peñaredondo was arrested not by policemen but by barangay tanod (watchmen) in Barangay Tejero on Thursday night.”
The mayor of General Trias, Antonio Ferrer, also posted a statement on Facebook saying that he had asked the police chief to investigate the matter.
The Philippines has recorded over 810,000 cases of Covid-19 infections, with more than 14,000 dead.