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Police lashed a woman and her lover 140 times each for having sex outside marriage and drinking alcohol in a far-flung region of Indonesia on Thursday — one of the harshest punishments carried out in 25 years.

The brutal beating — with a rattan cane — caused the woman to sob and collapse in the region of Aceh, which is governed by strict Islamic laws.

The lovers were caned on their back in a public flogging. It is among the harshest sentences imposed since Sharia law was implemented in Aceh in 2001, the Agence France-Presse reported.

The pair received 100 hits for pre-marital sex, and 40 for consuming alcohol which is banned.

Officials could be seen escorting the collapsed woman on a stretcher to a nearby ambulance after the brutal beating in Aceh, the only place in Indonesia where Sharia law stands.

The lovers were only two of six people gathered at the public square for the punishment for breaking the Islamic code.

Among them were a Sharia police officer and his female partner, who were accused of being in close proximity to each other in a private place.

The couple received 23 strikes each as their punishment.

“As promised, we make no exceptions, especially not for our own members. This certainly tarnishes our name,” Rizal told the AFP.

Female Convict Faints As Indonesia Canes Couple 140 Times Each For Sex Outside Marriage, Alcohol Consumption
January 29, 2026
NEWS

The Indonesian Government has caned a man and a woman 140 times each for engaging in sexual relations outside marriage and consuming alcohol.

This is believed to be one of the harshest corporal punishments carried out in the deeply conservative region since the adoption of Islamic law.

The punishment was administered on Thursday, January 29 in a public park in Banda Aceh, where dozens of residents gathered to witness the flogging, according to an AFP reporter at the scene.

Aceh remains the only province in Indonesia that enforces a version of syariah (Islamic law), under which sexual relations between unmarried couples are strictly prohibited, alongside bans on alcohol consumption and other activities deemed immoral.

The male and female convicts were repeatedly struck on their backs with a rattan cane. During the ordeal, the woman reportedly fainted and had to be taken away in an ambulance.

Confirming the punishment, the head of Banda Aceh’s syariah police, Muhammad Rizal, said each of the two convicts received 100 lashes for sex outside marriage and an additional 40 lashes for consuming alcohol.

Observers say the 140 lashes imposed on each individual rank among the highest number of cane strokes ever handed down since Aceh was granted special autonomy in 2001, paving the way for the formal implementation of Islamic law.

The two were part of a group of six people flogged on the same day for violating the Islamic code.

Among them was a syariah police officer and his female partner, who were arrested after being found together in close proximity inside a private location.

This was not the first time the Indonesian Government had caned sexual offenders.

In August 2025, two young men, aged 20 and 21, were publicly flogged 76 times each in Banda Aceh, the capital of Indonesia’s Aceh province, after being convicted of engaging in consensual same-sex relations.

The punishment was carried out on August 26 following a ruling by a panel of judges at the Banda Aceh Sharia Court, which found the men guilty of violating the province’s Islamic Criminal Code that criminalises consensual same-sex acts.

The pair were arrested on June 16, 2025 after they were allegedly caught engaging in sexual activity inside a public restroom at Taman Sari Park.

Court documents identified the defendants as QH and RA. They remained in detention throughout the trial, which was conducted behind closed doors.

Citizen-led arrests are common in Aceh due to the enforcement of Sharia law, which permits members of the public to hand over suspected offenders to the Sharia police for investigation.

Aceh is the only province in Indonesia where consensual same-sex relations are criminalised, a situation made possible by its special autonomy status, which has allowed the formal application of the Islamic Criminal Code since 2015.

Sharia-based bylaws have been in force in the province since the passage of Aceh’s Special Autonomy Law in 2001 and are enforced through Islamic courts.

Under these laws, offenders can receive up to 200 lashes for a wide range of acts deemed immoral, including consensual intimacy or sexual activity between unmarried couples, sex outside marriage, same-sex relations, alcohol consumption and sale, and gambling.

In February 2025, two university students were similarly flogged in Banda Aceh for engaging in consensual same-sex relations.

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nothingspoil70:
Thank God she was not beheaded. That is the usual punishment for this offence in any country where they practice the religion of piss

nothingspoil70:
Thank God she was not beheaded. That is the usual punishment for this offence in any country where they practice the religion of piss

mrgreen4real:
This is f**kin brutal. What about the man that kpansh her? The belief does more ham than good.

oz4real83:
How about the man she committed the crime with? Nothing happens to him as usual, bunch of hypocrites

BAILMONEY:
But old testament told you to stone them to death now


Whatcha say about that

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Woman lashed 140 times for having sex outside marriage, drinking booze in far-flung Islamist region

Officials could be seen escorting the collapsed woman on a stretcher to a nearby ambulance after the brutal beating.

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obi4eze:
This is both hilarious and ridiculous. What about the man? Was he lashed too?

Sirmwill:
When a woman was brought to Jesus and condemned to death by stoning for Adultery
They wanted to hear what Jesus would say

Jesus, understanding the weaknesses of every human and seeing the hypocrisy of the people condemning her , he simply asked that anyone without sin should be the first to stone the woman

Everyone left the scene because there is no one without sin.
Then Jesus told her to go and sin no more!

Both the person who passed this judgement of flogging this woman,the people witnessing it and the person doing this flogging are all guilty of adultery!
Because they all have lusts in their hearts also.
So,who is in the right position to judge someone for adultery
No One
Because,every human is vulnerable also.
Therefore,it's all hypocrisy.

But,who is in the right position to set the sinner free,the one who has come to pay for that sin!

For believers of the existence and grace of Jesus,
He has come to pay for the punishment for every Human's sin and to give us the grace to sin no more
Out of love and not wickedness

mrgreen4real:
This is f**kin brutal. What about the man that kpansh her? The belief does more ham than good.