A pair were caned 140 times each by sharia police in Indonesia for having sex outside of marriage and drinking alcohol.
Sexual relations between an single couple are strictly outlawed in Aceh, the one place in the world’s largest Muslim-majority nation to impose a version of sharia.
The couple, a person and a lady, were struck on their backs with a rattan stick in a public park while dozens of individuals watched, in response to an AFP reporter on the scene.
The girl fainted after enduring her punishment and was carried to an ambulance.
In total, the pair received 140 lashes – 100 for sex outside marriage and 40 for consuming alcohol, the pinnacle of Banda Aceh’s Sharia police, Muhammad Rizal, said.
It’s considered one in every of the best numbers of cane lashes imposed since sharia was implemented after Aceh was granted special autonomy in 2001.
The couple was amongst six people flogged for breaking the Islamic code, including a sharia police officer and his female partner, who were caught in close proximity in a non-public place.
That couple received 23 strikes each.
‘As promised, we make no exceptions, especially not for our own members,’ Rizal said.
‘This definitely tarnishes our name.’
Caning retains strong support in Aceh to punish a variety of offences, including gambling, drinking alcohol, having gay sex and having sexual relations outside marriage.
Last 12 months, two men were publicly flogged 76 times each after they were found guilty of sexual relations by the sharia court.
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