Reaction as Indonesian couple receives 100 lashes each for premarital s3x
A couple has been publicly flogged in Indonesia's conservative Aceh province after being found guilty of having s3x outside marriage.The punishment was carried out on Tuesday, April 7, 2026 in a public park in Banda Aceh, where dozens of residents gathered to witness the caning.The man and woman, whose identities and ages were not disclosed, each received 100 lashes with a rattan cane. Aceh is the only region in Indonesia that enforces a version of Sharia law, under which sexual relations between unmarried people are prohibited."We implement Islamic law in Aceh, so whenever someone violates it, we have to carry out punishments like the caning we just conducted,” Rajesh Kana, an official from the local prosecutors’ office, told AFP.The pair were among six in...
