The two women who were punished by six strokes of the cane, under Sections 30 and 59(1) of the Syariah Criminal Offences Enactment (Takzir) (Terengganu) 2001, after they pleaded guilty to lesbian sexual relations. - Bernama
KUALA TERENGGANU: State government officials have rubbished suggestions that the storm that hit the state hours after two women were caned for attempting to have same-sex relations was a sign of God’s wrath.
Speaking to the press after the weekly state exco meeting, exco chairman of tourism, culture and information technology, Ariffin Deraman said the storm was merely a test from God and had nothing to do with the punishment.
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