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Date: August 12, 2025 04:03AM
https://www.yahoo.com/news/articles/sharia-court-sentences-men-public-091456264.htmlA sharia court in Indonesia has sentenced to men to public caning 80 times each after they were caught kissing.
Their trial at the Islamic Shariah District Court in Banda Aceh, the capital of Indonesia’s conservative Aceh province, was held behind closed doors.
The sentence was handed down on Monday.
In Aceh, judges have the authority to limit public access to a trial if the case relates to adultery and open it only for the verdict.
The pair, aged 20 and 21, were arrested in April in Taman Sari city park.
Locals had seen them entering the same bathroom at the park and alerted the sharia police, who were patrolling the area.
The religious police broke into the toilet and caught the men kissing and hugging each other.
The court considered that the men were engaged in a sexual act.