Woman, 21, Publicly Caned for ‘Close Proximity’ to Boyfriend in Indonesia

Simon Veazey
Simon Veazey
Freelance Reporter
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A woman has been publicly caned along with her boyfriend as a punishment for being “in close proximity” to each other, in a region of Indonesia run under sharia law.

In the Aceh region of Jakarta, Indonesia, the crime of being in “close proximity” to the opposite sex carries a punishment of 10 to 25 lashings with the bamboo switch.

Simon Veazey
Simon Veazey
Freelance Reporter
Simon Veazey is a UK-based journalist who has reported for The Epoch Times since 2006 on various beats, from in-depth coverage of British and European politics to web-based writing on breaking news.
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