Just months after two gay men were publicly caned in the Indonesian province of Aceh, a woman has received hospital treatment after receiving 100 lashes.
The 30-year-old woman, Mazidah, who goes by one name, had received the caning after being found guilty of adultery by a sharia court.
She had been charged with being in a private place in the presence of a man she was not married to.
The 34-year-old male also received 100 lashes, but did not require hospitalisation.
The public caning of the pair and a third offender, a man accused of indecent behaviour against a minor, took place in the city of Lhokseumawe south-east of the capital Banda Aceh.
Strict sharia law is in place across Aceh, but it is the first time a flogging has taken place in the city since 2006.
Thousands of residents, including children, are reported to have watched on as the punishment was delivered to the offenders on a stage outside the city’s grand mosque after Friday prayers last week.
According to reports by the local press, and an account given to the ABC by a witness, at times the caning had to be stopped for each of the three offenders because they were screaming in agony.
