THREE weeks ago, 23-year-old Wen was chatting with his 20-year-old girlfriend Pipit in broad daylight at a dock in Langsa, Aceh, when three villagers came across the couple and decided to make a quick buck.
“They demanded 400,000 rupiah (RM110) or they would report us to the village head for khalwat (close proximity) and call the syariah police.
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