Philippines police ‘committing abuses’ in imposing lockdown

Thousands of police were deployed to enforce strict quarantine rules, but activists accuse them of committing human rights violations in the process.

In the Philippines, the entire island of Luzon has been on lockdown for more than two months. Thousands of police have been deployed to enforce strict quarantine rules.

But activists accuse them of committing human rights violations in the process.

Al Jazeera’s Jamela Alindogan reports from Manila.