Locsin opposes police use of 'yantok' vs. health protocol violators

Foreign Affairs Secretary Teodoro Locsin Jr. on Monday expressed his opposition to the threat of enforcers to use "yantok" or rattan stick in enforcing COVID-19 health protocols.

In a tweet showing a picture of a Caucasian nun with what seems like a meter stick, Locsin said: "This is the only 'yantok' we will accept and only from someone in her uniform. Anyone else in any other uniform can go f*ck a duck."

The Commission on Human Rights has earlier cautioned the government on the threat of enforcers to use "yantok" against violators of health protocols, saying that the use of force and actions that may lead to humiliation and trauma is unnecessary.

In a statement over the weekend, CHR spokesperson lawyer Jacqueline Ann de Guia said that while the commission recognizes that the pandemic has pushed the government to use several methods of enforcing health safety protocols, human rights and dignity must be respected at all times and situations.

Locsin, in an earlier tweet, said he agrees with De Guia.  —KBK, GMA News