Volunteers are dressing up as ghosts and lurking at night to scare people into sticking to coronavirus lockdowns in Indonesia and Malaysia.
印尼和马来西亚疫情期间，为了让人们遵守居家隔离的政策，志愿者乔装打扮成“鬼”的样子在夜里出没，吓唬村民。
“鬼魂”身裹床单吓唬居民 敦促人们遵守居家令
“鬼魂”会在漆黑的街道上突然跳向毫无防备的行人、在废弃的停车场站到车顶上，或者坐在公共场所的长凳上。
印尼的Kepuh村，两个“鬼”坐在长凳上，吓唬村民不让他们出门（图片来源：路透社）Kepuh village, on Java island has deployed a cast of "ghosts" to patrol the streets and promote social distancing. Known as "pocong", the ghostly figures are typically wrapped in white shrouds with powdered faces and kohl-rimmed eyes, and they represent the trapped souls of the dead.爪哇岛的Kepuh村组织了一批“鬼魂”在街上巡逻，推进社交隔离规定。这种被称为“pocong”（包头僵尸）的鬼，其典型形象是身着白色裹尸布、涂脂抹粉、还画着眼影，代表被困在裹尸布里的死者的灵魂。Wearing white bed sheets, the 'ghosts' have been seen jumping out at unsuspecting passersby in dark streets, standing on top of vehicles in deserted car parks and sitting on benches in public spaces.这些身披白色床单的“鬼魂”会在漆黑的街道上突然跳向毫无防备的行人、在废弃的停车场站到车顶上，又或者在公共场所的长凳上端坐着。Problem is, when the initiative started, it only brought more people out to see the ghosts to get pictures for social media. The organisers have since changed tack, launching surprise pocong patrols, with village volunteers playing the part of the ghosts.问题是，这个方法刚实施的时候，反而吸引了更多的人出来看“鬼”，还拍照发到社交平台。组织者们于是改变策略，让这些志愿者“鬼魂”们发起的僵尸巡逻一定要出其不意攻其不备。When a Reuters journalist recently visited Kepuh village, the supernatural strategy seemed to be working, with villagers running off in fright when the ghosts materialised.近日英国路透社一位记者到访Kepuh村后，发现这招“超自然策略”好像已经奏效了，“鬼魂”们现身的时候，村民都大惊失色地四散而逃。此人打扮成一个须发飘飘的鬼来吓唬他邻居（图片来源：Facebook）In the state of Terengganu in Malaysia, Muhammad Urabil Alias dressed as a bearded ghost to scare his young neighbours into complying with a lockdown and was seen standing on top of a car.马来西亚登嘉楼州一位名为Muhammad Urabil Alias的人打扮成一个须发飘飘的鬼来吓唬他年轻的邻居，让其遵守隔离规定。人们看到他站到了一辆车的车顶上。A creepy photo taken by his wife, Norhayati Nayan, 39, went viral on Facebook. But he got a fright of his own when armed police officers, all wearing face masks, later knocked on his door in Chukai.他39岁的妻子Norhayati Nayan给他拍的一张诡异照片在Facebook上疯传，结果是给他自己招来一场惊吓。因为没过多久，一队戴着面罩的武装警察就敲响了他位于Chukai的家门。He thought he was in trouble, but the police were there to thank him for helping to enforce the lockdown.他以为自己有麻烦了，却没想到警察来这儿是为了感谢他为推进居家隔离所做的努力。这哥们儿在和警察叔叔摆pose（图片来源：Facebook）
In a Facebook post, the 38-year-old wrote: "If the other day people were scared of the ghost. Today, the ghost is scared when it was ambushed by Kemaman district police’s black Hilux team."这位38岁的小哥哥在Facebook发了条推送，写道：“前几天是有些人被我这个鬼吓着了，但今天，这个鬼，却被吓到了。因为甘马挽地区的警察开着海拉克斯牌汽车，来把它给伏击了。”
