Young unmarried couple caned in Indonesia for ‘khalwat’

BANDA ACEH, Dec 30, 2015:

A young unmarried woman and a man have been publicly caned in Indonesia's Aceh province for being "too intimate" with each other, reported The Independent.

The two university students, 23-year-old Wahyudi Saputra and 20-year-old Nur Elita, were caned for khalwat in front of a crowd, according to the The Jakarta Post.

They were struck five times each and Elita was reportedly carried by officials to an ambulance after the punishment.

All the victims were punished in the front yard of the Baiturrahim mosque in Banda Aceh, and one onlooker was Deputy Mayor Zainal Arifin, reported The Independent.

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Source: Young unmarried couple caned in Indonesia for 'khalwat'