Saturday, February 7, 2026
AND SO THEY SAVED THE ENTIRE WORLD
Indonesian woman collapses after 140 lashes for sex and alcohol
Three female officers took turns striking the woman with a rattan cane before she lost consciousness, witnesses said
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A woman in Indonesia’s Aceh province collapsed after being caned 140 times last week for extramarital sex and drinking alcohol in one of the harshest sharia punishments on record.
The woman and her partner were struck with a rattan cane in a public park in Aceh province on Thursday as dozens watched, Agence France-Presse reported. Each received 100 lashes for extramarital sex and another 40 for consuming alcohol, according to Banda Aceh sharia police chief Muhammad Rizal.
Three female officers administered the punishment in turns, the BBC reported. Dressed all in white, the woman sobbed and flinched throughout the ordeal before losing consciousness and being carried off on a stretcher to a waiting ambulance, witnesses said.
