Woman In Aceh Caned 100 Times Admits An Affair With Someone's Husbands, She Asked To Stop Because Of Pain

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JAKARTA - Aceh has again held a caning sentence. This time to a woman and the husband of the person who commits adultery.

Quoted from Channel News Asia, Thursday, January 13, a woman was caned 100 times. The Head of the General Investigation Division of the East Aceh Prosecutor's Office, Ivan Najjar Alavi, said before the court the married woman confessed that all her actions were having sex outside of her marriage.

What is interesting is the punishment to the man. During the trial, he continued to deny all charges. As a result, he only received 15 lashes.

The judge had difficulty convicting the man, who at that time served as the Head of Fisheries in East Aceh and was also married. He continued to argue.

"During the trial, he admitted nothing, denied all charges. So, [the judge] cannot prove whether he is guilty," Alavi told reporters after the public flogging of Sharia law violators in East Aceh.

As an alternative punishment, the judge found the married man guilty of "showing affection to a female partner who is not his wife" after the couple was arrested by local residents at an oil palm plantation in 2018.

He was initially sentenced to 30 lashes but his successful appeal at the Sharia Supreme Court in Aceh reduced his sentence to 15.

The woman's whipping was paused because she couldn't stand the pain, according to an AFP reporter on the ground.

Many people watched, recorded as the sentencing process was carried out.