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Megan Howe

Couple whipped 140 times each for having sex and drinking alcohol

A woman whipped in public by a member of the sharia police in Indonesia in October 2019 - (AFP via Getty Images)

A couple were caned 140 times for having sex outside of marriage and drinking alcohol by sharia police in Indonesia.

Sexual relations between unmarried couples is strictly forbidden in Aceh, the only province in the world’s largest Muslim-majority country to enforce a form of sharia law.

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