BANDA ACEH: Two teenagers were whipped in Indonesia’s Aceh province after they were caught cuddling in public – a crime under the conservative region’s Islamic law.
Flogging is used as punishment for a range of offences in the region at the tip of Sumatra, including gambling, drinking alcohol, and having gay sex or relations outside of marriage.
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