Post by fauxmaha on Jan 28, 2020 12:44:46 GMT -5
Breaking through the rattan ceiling, Indonesia has introduced its first female floggers.
The new recruit initially needed some coaxing to punish the offender -- an unmarried woman caught in a hotel room with a man.
Such behaviour constitutes a morality crime in Aceh, the only region in the world's biggest Muslim-majority nation that imposes Islamic law -- known as Sharia. Those found guilty of breaches are often publicly whipped with a rattan cane.
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"I think she did a good job. Her technique was nice," Banda Aceh Sharia police chief investigator Zakwan, who uses one name, told AFP.
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"We train them to make sure they're physically fit and teach them how to do a proper whipping," Zakwan said.
Such behaviour constitutes a morality crime in Aceh, the only region in the world's biggest Muslim-majority nation that imposes Islamic law -- known as Sharia. Those found guilty of breaches are often publicly whipped with a rattan cane.
...
"I think she did a good job. Her technique was nice," Banda Aceh Sharia police chief investigator Zakwan, who uses one name, told AFP.
...
"We train them to make sure they're physically fit and teach them how to do a proper whipping," Zakwan said.
