Brilio.net/en - A young woman screamed in pain as she was caned Monday in front of a jeering crowd in Aceh, the latest person to be punished for breaking the province's strict Islamic laws.
Aceh is the only province in the world's most populous Muslim-majority country that imposes sharia law. People can face floggings for a range of offences from gambling, to drinking alcohol, to gay sex.
The woman was among 13 people seven men and six women aged between 21 and 30 who were caned Monday at a mosque in the provincial capital Banda Aceh, as a baying crowd cheered the spectacle.
Six couples were found guilty of breaking Islamic laws that ban intimacy, such as touching, hugging and kissing, between unmarried people.
A man was caned for a less serious offence described as spending time with a member of the opposite sex in a hidden location in a fashion that could lead to adultery.
Agence France-Presse
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