Dedicated anti-masker arrested after repeatedly flaunting the quarantine act
"we can't be sheep, you know what they do to sheep right?"
Police in the city say 47-year-old Makhan Singh Parhar was ticketed late last month for violating the Quarantine Act after re-entering the country. But even after receiving the ticket, police say he kept leaving his house.
So, days later on Nov. 2, police arrested Parhar for "repeated violations under the Quarantine Act."
And Kumar said Parhar had been informed of the policy by the Canada Border Services Agency when he came home.
"It's clear, after posting some videos on YouTube, that he chose to violate that, where he repeatedly went out into the public, putting others at risk," Kumar said in an interview later in the day.
"They call it 'quarantine,' it's not really quarantine, it's self-imprisonment … put yourself in a jail and stay there. Don't interact with your friends, family, whatever. Stay inside and don't have a life."
Parhar also says in the video that police came to his house multiple times after he returned to Canada and on one occasion he wasn't home, so he got a ticket.
"I go home … I live my life, because I'm not going to put myself in a prison, because I'm a free man with God-given rights," he says.
Police say Parhar has been charged with three counts of contravening a section of the Quarantine Act. He's currently still in custody.
Sgt. Kumar said Parhar appeared in court, and was advised he'd be kept in custody for the time being.
"we can't be sheep, you know what they do to sheep right?"
Police in the city say 47-year-old Makhan Singh Parhar was ticketed late last month for violating the Quarantine Act after re-entering the country. But even after receiving the ticket, police say he kept leaving his house.
So, days later on Nov. 2, police arrested Parhar for "repeated violations under the Quarantine Act."
And Kumar said Parhar had been informed of the policy by the Canada Border Services Agency when he came home.
"It's clear, after posting some videos on YouTube, that he chose to violate that, where he repeatedly went out into the public, putting others at risk," Kumar said in an interview later in the day.
"They call it 'quarantine,' it's not really quarantine, it's self-imprisonment … put yourself in a jail and stay there. Don't interact with your friends, family, whatever. Stay inside and don't have a life."
Parhar also says in the video that police came to his house multiple times after he returned to Canada and on one occasion he wasn't home, so he got a ticket.
"I go home … I live my life, because I'm not going to put myself in a prison, because I'm a free man with God-given rights," he says.
Police say Parhar has been charged with three counts of contravening a section of the Quarantine Act. He's currently still in custody.
Sgt. Kumar said Parhar appeared in court, and was advised he'd be kept in custody for the time being.
