Couples flogged for public affection in Indonesia's Aceh

BANDA ACEH: A trio of canoodling couples were publicly flogged in Indonesia's Aceh province on Thursday , charged with breaking local Islamic law that outlaws public displays of affection.

On Thursday, a masked sharia officer rained down between 20 and 22 strokes from a rattan cane each on three men and three women caught behaving amorously.One woman winced and fell over from the painful punishment, which was carried out in front of a mosque in the provincial capital Banda Aceh.Dozens of onlookers, including some visiting Malaysian students, watched the spectacle.

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