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The couple received 100 lashes for sex outside marriage and 40 for alcohol consumption, one of the harshest punishments under Aceh's strict Islamic law since 2001.
- Sharia police caned a couple 140 times each in Indonesia's Aceh province on Thursday for having sex outside marriage and drinking alcohol, one of the severest such punishments since sharia was adopted in the region.
- Sexual relations between an unmarried couple are strictly outlawed in Aceh, the only place in Indonesia to impose a version of sharia, and the couple received 140 lashes: 100 for sex outside marriage and 40 for consuming alcohol.
- In addition to the couple, four other people were also caned for violating the Islamic code, including a sharia police officer and his female partner, who received 23 strikes each.
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The woman fainted after the whipping and was taken to the hospital by ambulance.
Indonesian couple caned 140 times for sex outside marriage and drinking alcohol
Sharia police caned a couple 140 times each in Indonesia's Aceh province on Thursday for having sex outside marriage and drinking alcohol, likely one of the severest such punishments since the deeply conservative region adopted Islamic law.
Indonesian couple publicly caned 140 times for sex outside marriage
Authorities in Indonesia’s Aceh province on Thursday publicly caned an unmarried couple a total of 140 times for engaging in sexual relations and consuming alcohol, marking one of the harshest punishments imposed under the region’s Islamic law in recent years. The punishment was carried out in a public park in Banda Aceh, where the man and woman were whipped across the back with a rattan cane as dozens of onlookers watched. Reports suggest that …
Indonesia couple caned 140 times for sex outside marriage, drinking alcohol
Sharia police caned a couple 140 times each in Indonesia's Aceh province on Thursday for having sex outside marriage and drinking alcohol, likely one of the severest such punishments since the deeply conservative region adopted Islamic law.
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Indonesia couple caned 140 times for sex outside marriage, alcohol
BANDA ACEH: Syariah police caned a couple 140 times each in Indonesia’s Aceh province on Thursday for having sex outside marriage and drinking alcohol, likely one of the severest such punishments since the deeply conservative region adopted Islamic law.
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