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WORLDELEVATEDJul 2 · Jul 2, 2026, 9:18 AM

Unmarried Indonesian couple get 21 lashes each over viral live stream kiss

South China Morning Post

A young couple in Indonesia’s conservative Aceh province were publicly caned on Thursday after an Islamic sharia court convicted them of violating Islamic law by kissing during a TikTok live stream. Aceh’s sharia court ordered the two people to be whipped with a rattan cane 21 times each for kissing without being married. At least 100 people witnessed the caning, carried out by a group of people wearing robes and hoods on a stage in Bustanussalatin City Park in Banda Aceh. The couple, a...

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