An Acehnese man convicted for "immoral acts" is lashed by a hooded local government officer during a public caning at a square in Banda Aceh, Aceh province, on June 12, 2015. - AFP PHOTO
BANDA ACEH (Indonesia): Three couples were publicly caned in Indonesia’s Aceh Friday after the unmarried university students were caught spending time alone together in violation of the province’s strict Islamic laws.
A rowdy crowd of about 1,000 spectators shouted as the three men and three women, aged between 18 and 23, were lashed several times each with a rattan cane in a square in Banda Aceh, the capital of Aceh.
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