Kejari Bireuen Execution Cambuk 10 Terpidana Pelanggaran Syariat Islam

The convicts before following the caning in Bireuen, Aceh, Wednesday (12/2/2025). ANTARA/HO-Dok Kejari Bireuen

BANDA ACEH - The public prosecutor (JPU) of the Bireuen District Attorney's Office (Kejari), Aceh, executed a caning sentence for 10 convicts of Islamic law violations based on the decision of the Syar'iyah Court.

The caning was carried out in front of a crowd, in the courtyard of the Class IIB Bireuen Penitentiary, Bireuen Regency, Wednesday, February 12.

The execution of caning was also witnessed by the ranks of the Class IIB Bireuen Correctional Institution (Lapas), the Civil Service Police Unit and the Wilayatul Hisbah of Bireuen Regency, judges of the Syar'iyah Court of Bireuen, and others.

The convicts or convicts of the caning were Faisal Azwani, Abdus Samad, Effendi, M Hanafi, Wahyuddin, Oki Syahrial, Muhammad Akmal, and Jaldi Saputra.

They were convicted in the jurisprudence or gambling with a sentence of nine lashes each. They were found guilty of violating Article 18 of Aceh Qanun Number 6 of 2014 concerning the law ofjinayat.

As well as two other convicts, namely Ismuha and Zauja Fazillah, were sentenced to 23 lashes each for being found guilty of committing the teaching and learning or making out with non-muhrim. Both were found guilty of violating Article 28 Paragraph (1) of Aceh Qanun Number 6 of 2014.

Kepala Kejaksaan Negeri Bireuen Munawal Hadi mengatakan pelaksanaan hukuman caning tersebut setelah putusan Mahkam Syar'iah Bireuen memiliki kekuatan hukum tetap atau inkrah.

"The execution of this whip is to provide certainty to the convict. The executor of the punishment in public is a lesson so that the public does not imitate the actions of the convicts and this is also regulated by Aceh Qanun Number 6 of 2014," said Munawal Hadi.