A teenage couple have been caned in Indonesia for behaving affectionately in public.
Photos and video footage show the young girl, aged 18, being punished in the Banda Aceh, the capital of the Aceh province.
She can be sees being led onto a stage and flogged by a masked man holding a long cane.
Her boyfriend, 17, is then seen being led to the stage to receive the same punishment.
The canings took place in front of a large crowd that gathered to watch the events unfold, holding up phones and cameras to capture the moment.
Deputy Mayor of Banda Aceh, Zainal Arifin, said the number one priority was to demonstrate that no person is exempt from the law.
“We want the public to know that Sharia Law is implemented without exception,” he said.
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“Second, Sharia law is not intended to injure anyone.”
On the same day, an adult couple were also caned for displaying intimacy in a grocery store.
The punishments were carried out despite an announcement by political leaders last year that canings would only be performed inside prison.
Activists want the humiliating punishment abolished but it is generally supported by Indonesia’s overwhelmingly Islamic population.
The law allows corporal punishment for crimes such as adultery, drinking, gambling and homosexuality, which was made illegal in 2014.
The men were among 15 people who received similar punishments.
Source: 9news.com.au, Staff, February 1, 2019
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