Christian couple caned in Banda Aceh for gambling

Public domain: A man is caned in public for engaging in same-sex relations in Banda Aceh. Two men received 85 lashes each on Tuesday after the Banda Aceh Sharia Court found them guilty of sodomy. (JP/Hotli Simanjuntak)

JAKARTA: Authorities in Banda Aceh have caned a non-Muslim married couple on Tuesday after the two were arrested for gambling at an entertainment center in the capital of Aceh.

The Aceh Sharia Court sentenced the Christian couple, identified as Dahlan Sili Tongga, 61, and Tjia Nyuk Hwa, 45, to eight and seven lashes respectively for violating provincial laws.