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Teens whipped for cuddling in Indonesia’s Aceh province | South China Morning Post

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A university student and her boyfriend, both 18 years old, were whipped in front of hundreds of spectators for cuddling in public. Flogging is common in Indonesia's Aceh province, where 98 per cent of its five million practices sharia law. Flogging is used to punish a range of offences including gambling, drinking, …

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