A Russian man removed his mask and challenged the police force.

On the evening of August 17, a working group of District 1 patrolled the roads in District 1 to handle violations of Directive 16 of the Government and Directive 12 of Ho Chi Minh City on social distancing.

At around 8 pm, the working group detected a foreigner, who was identified as a Russian citizen named S.A., 25, making noise at the Covid-19 checkpoint near Thi Nghe bridge, Da Kao ward, so the team stopped for intervention.

It was reported that the man had ridden a bicycle on Nguyen Thi Minh Khai street towards the center of District 1. At the checkpoint, the man was asked to show his travel documents but the man did not obey. He took off his mask and loudly challenged officers.

The working group asked the man to keep calm, but he did not cooperate and kept challenging officers. In this situation, the man and his bicycle were then brought to the headquarters of Da Kao ward’s police for handling.

The man admitted that he had lost his temper because of being drunk. Through a quick test, the authorities determined that the man was negative for nCoV.

HCM City is now under strict social distancing measures to prevent the spread of Covid-19 pandemic. All people should stay at home and only go out in emergency cases. People are also banned from going out from 6pm to 6am.

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