BANDA ACEH - Six people were publicly flogged in Indonesia's conservative Aceh province on Tuesday for breaking local Islamic law, despite widespread ban on mass gatherings over coronavirus fears.
BANDA ACEH - Six people were publicly flogged in Indonesia's conservative Aceh province on Tuesday for breaking local Islamic law, despite widespread ban on mass gatherings over coronavirus fears.
"We just carried out the flogging directly to make it simpler. Whipping will still go on, but we're limiting the number of people involved," added Safriadi, who goes by one name. But only about a dozen onlookers turned up at a building inside a public park to see 4 men flogged 40 times each for drinking alcohol.
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