Eight men
were brutally caned in front of about 1,000 people inside a mosque
compound in Indonesia after breaking strict Sharia laws on gambling.
A
state prosecutor, in the conservative Aceh Province, on the
north-western tip of Sumatra, read out the men's punishment before a
masked man wearing brown robes stepped forward.
Using a thin bamboo-like rattan cane, he then whipped them over their backs five times each.
The eight men were caned in front of about 1,000 people after breaking strict Sharia laws on gambling
The men were each whipped five times
on the back with a rattan cane - similar to bamboo - in a mosque
compound in Aceh province, Indonesia
The punishment was dealt by a masked
man wearing brown robes, who stepped forward after a state prosecutor
read out the men's crimes
The mosque was filled with people as the punishment followed Friday morning prayers.
Men can be seen filming and taking photos of the incident on smartphones as the victims tense up and grimace from the pain.
The public caning followed nine arrests for gambling in July. The police seized a total of about £80 cash from the men.
One
of the men could not be caned because of his health but will face his
punishment once he has recovered, state prosecutor Nurhalma, who uses a
single name, said.
He said each of the convicts should be whipped eight times but their punishments were reduced.
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Saaduddin Djamal, the mayor of Banda Aceh, said it was the seventh
public caning of people who broke Sharia law since it was enforced in
the provincial capital, Banda Aceh, 12 years ago.
Indonesia,
the world's most populous Muslim nation, has a policy of secularism but
allows Aceh to follow a version of the Islamic law which forbids
gambling.
The whippings took place in a mosque compound in Aceh, on the north-western tip of Sumatra, Indonesia
The public caning followed nine arrests for gambling in July. The police seized a total of about £80 cash from the men
One of the men could not be caned
because of his health but will face his punishment once he has
recovered, the state prosecutor said
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