Thu Jan 13, 2022 – 3:26 pm EST
SHENZHEN, China (LifeSiteNews) — A Chinese city has released a disturbing new method of enforcing its COVID-19 requirements, offering cash payouts to anyone who reports a fellow citizen for breaking the rules.
The municipal Health Committee in Shenzhen, a large city in southeastern China with a population of roughly 12.6 million, notified residents of the new incentives in an advisory released on January 6.
According to The Jerusalem Post, cash payments will be doled out to citizen informants for reporting neighbors, friends, and others for a number of violations, including breaching quarantine requirements. Those who inform upon others for breaking quarantine rules can expect their payouts to be higher or lower based upon the alleged violator’s status on a color-coded scale that functions like a public health traffic-light system.
The #Shenzhen Health Committee issued a notice on January 6 outlining new incentives for reporting residents that violate #COVID19 restrictions – chief among them being cash payments to informants who report violators of the regulations.https://t.co/g7B9kDP1sI
— The Jerusalem Post (@Jerusalem_Post) January 12, 2022
“China’s health code system is classified by three colors: green, yellow and red,” The Jerusalem Post reported, noting
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