Indonesia: Woman and man brutally caned in public for "affectionate contact" [View all]
A woman who was accused of being too friendly with a man she is not married to, as well as the man himself, were caned at a mosque in Indonesia's Aceh province on Monday.
According to the Jakarta Post, the caning took place before a yelling crowd at Baiturrahim Mosque in Banda Aceh after the couple was sentenced according to the city's Sharia bylaws, which criminalize "khalwat (affectionate contact by an unmarried couple)."
"Take these punishments as a lesson. What has been done by these convicts should not be taken as an example. And, I hope their canings in Meuraxa district today will be the last ever," Deputy Mayor Zainal Arifin told the crowd, according to the Post. "And to the public, I ask that you do not isolate those who have been convicted here today. And also, those who have been convicted are reminded not to repeat the same mistakes."
The man Nur Elita was with, fellow university student Wahyudi Saputra, was also caned, as were four men accused of gambling.
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