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Indonesian couple caned in Banda Aceh for extramarital sex

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  • An Indonesian couple was caned in Banda Aceh on Tuesday.
  • They reportedly received 100 strokes each for extramarital sex.
  • The punishment occurred in a public park under sharia law.

An Indonesian couple reportedly received one hundred cane strokes each on Tuesday for having sex outside of marriage. The caning took place in a public park in the provincial capital Banda Aceh. According to an AFP reporter on the scene, police carried out the punishment using a rattan cane.

Sexual relations between unmarried people are forbidden in the strictly Islamic province of Aceh, which implements a form of sharia legislation. The ages of the couple were not reported.

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