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The Times of India
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TOI World Desk

Sex outside marriage, consuming alcohol: Indonesian couple caned 140 times for breaking Sharia law

A couple in Indonesia’s Aceh province were publicly caned 140 times each for having sex outside marriage and consuming alcohol, in what is believed to be one of the severest punishments since the region implemented Sharia law, AFP reported.

The man and woman were struck on their backs with a rattan cane in a public park as dozens of people watched. The woman fainted after enduring her punishment and was escorted to an ambulance.

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