Two gay men were on Thursday January 28, caned 77 times each after they caught having sex in Indonesia. Dozens of people witnessed the men, aged 27 and 29, get punished as a team of five enforcers wearing robes and hoods took turns to flog the men.
The men were
arrested back in November after residents became suspicious and reported them
to Islamic religious police. Police later broke into their rented room where
they were caught having sex, said Heru Triwijanarko, Aceh's acting Sharia
police chief.
During their
punishment, the mother of one man reportedly fainted at the sight of her son
being whipped.
Each man was
flogged 77 times three lashes less than their original sentence because they
had already served three months in prison, Mail Online reports.
Four others
were lashed between 17 and 40 times on the same day, for either drinking
alcohol or meeting members of the opposite sex. One woman was caned 17 times after being found
with her boyfriend.
'Islamic
sharia enforcement is final, no matter who it is, and even visitors must
respect local norms,' public order official Heru Triwijanarko told AFP.
The official
said he suspected 'several locations for homosexual practice' in the region
which are 'difficult to reveal'. He called on the public to report their
suspicions of behaviour which breaks sharia.
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