This handout photo taken and released by Langsa City's Islamic sharia agency on July 28, 2020 shows a sharia law enforcement official caning two women in Langsa, Aceh province. Two Indonesian women have been publicly whipped nearly 100 times each for selling sex workers' services online, an official in the country's conservative Aceh province said on July 28. - AFP
BANDA ACEH, Indonesia, July 28 (AFP): Two Indonesian women have been publicly whipped nearly 100 times each for selling sex workers' services online, an official in the country's conservative Aceh province said Tuesday.
Aceh, at the tip of Sumatra, is the only region in Muslim-majority Indonesia to impose Islamic sharia law, which allows flogging for a range of offences including prostitution, gambling, adultery, drinking alcohol, and gay sex.
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