US EditionWoman faints after being caned 140 times in Indonesia for sex outside marriage, alcohol
The couple received 140 lashes each for sex outside marriage and alcohol use, one of the harshest punishments since Aceh gained special autonomy in 2001.
- A couple in Indonesia was caned 140 times for having sex outside marriage and drinking alcohol, violating Sharia law.
- The 21-year-old woman fainted after being struck three times with a rattan cane by three female officers while she cried during the punishment.
- Under Aceh's Islamic criminal code, sex outside marriage results in 100 strokes, while alcohol consumption leads to 40 strokes.
- In Aceh, public caning is used for various offenses, including adultery.
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A woman and a man accused of sexual relations outside of marriage and alcohol consumption have been subjected to one of the most serious penalties since the Indonesian province of Aceh has adopted the Sharia law, reports BBC and The Guardian, city of News.ro.
The province of Aceh is the only one to apply sharia law, the Koranic law that severely punishes crimes of "mours". Since 1 January, all Indonesia has banned relations outside marriage.
It has occurred in Indonesia, where the couple has been flogged along with four others for violating the sharia.
Indonesia couple caned 140 times for sex outside marriage, 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.
The couple were flogged along with four other people found guilty of violating Sharia law, including an Islamic police officer.
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