'Viral' pool party lands North Sumatra amusement park in hot water


A screenshot of a video posted on Sept. 28, 2020 by Twitter user Rizki Ramadhani Nst (@dionismee) shows a large crowd of people at the Hairos Water Park in Deli Serdang, North Sumatra. - JP

JAKARTA (The Jakarta Post/ANN): The management of the Hairos Water Park in Deli Serdang, North Sumatra, will receive strict punishment after it hosted a pool party on the premises in violation of the government’s social distancing rules, the spokesman of the local Covid-19 task force has said.

Footage showing a large group of people having a pool party at the park went viral after Twitter user Rizki Ramadhani Nst (@dionismee) uploaded a video on Sept. 28. He accompanied the video with the message,"I don't understand people anymore."

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