In January-December 2021 period, as many as 401 people in Thousand Islands were netted by Satpol PP officers for not wearing masks. It was done in an effort to break the chain of COVID-19 transmission.

In order to give deterrent effect, they are subject to social sanction for cleaning public facilities while wearing special vest

Thousand Islands Satpol PP Head, Rahmad Efendi Lubis conveyed, those people were caught in North Thousand Islands and South Thousand Islands Sub-districts.

"In order to give deterrent effect, they are subject to social work sanction for cleaning public facilities while wearing special vests," he said, Tuesday (1/18).

Mask-wearing operations were not only carried out in public spaces, but also in 83 offices and business places. In the operation, the officers did not find any violation of health protocol.

"We also monitored health protocol implementation in 185 restaurants and no violation was found," he stated.