A man caught outside his house in General Trias City during curfew hours could barely walk when he came home the next morning after he was punished by police with exercise, his partner said Tuesday. He died later that day.
Darren Penaredondo was in pain after finishing a minimum 100 reps of "pumping," which eventually increased since he and other curfew violators need to do each rep at the same time, said Reichelyn Balce.
Authorities are investigating Penaredondo's death, a test case on how curfew violators should be punished. Corporal punishment is "strictly prohibited" and penalties are largely left to local ordinances, said the Department of Interior and Local Government.
"Kuwento niya po sa akin, pinag-exercise daw po sila," Balce told TeleRadyo. "Siguro po sobrang hirap kasi hindi na siya makalakad nung nakauwi dito akay-akay na po," she said.
"Hindi naman sa iniinda, sinabi niya sa akin na mahina puso niya," she said.
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Penaredondo was out to buy a drink since the water store near their house was closed, Balce said.
He sank into a coma before he died, she said. The remains will be brough back home to Bicol.
The family will discuss their next move after Pen?aredondo is buried, she said.
