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A teenager who was lashed nearly 150 times collapsed during his punishment for raping a child in Indonesia’s conservative Aceh province, where public caning is a common penalty for violating Islamic law.
The 19-year-old grimaced and cried out as a masked sharia officer on Thursday whipped his back with a rattan stick in the town of Idi Rayeuk in East Aceh.
He pleaded for the punishment to stop and was briefly treated by doctors before the flogging restarted.

The man was arrested earlier this year on charges he molested and raped the victim, whose age was not revealed.
He was sentenced to 146 lashes, a particularly high number reserved for the most serious crimes.
“The maximum sentence is meant to be a deterrent,” Ivan Nanjjar Alavi, an official from the East Aceh prosecutor’s office, told reporters.
Indonesian couple whipped 100 times each for premarital sex
Aceh, on the western tip of Sumatra, is the only region in Muslim-majority Indonesia to impose Islamic law under an autonomy deal with the central government that ended a long-running separatist insurgency.
Also on Thursday, a 40-year-old and a 21-year-old man were whipped 100 times each for having sex with underage partners.
Aceh’s public whippings, widely criticised by rights groups, can attract hundreds of spectators, but crowds have dwindled in the midst of the coronavirus pandemic.
The province allows whipping for a range of charges – including gambling, adultery, drinking alcohol, and having gay or premarital sex.
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Caning has wide support among Aceh’s mostly Muslim population. Aceh officials insist caning deters crime, with patrols often scouring public places and establishments – or acting on tip-offs – to monitor behaviour.
The province, home to about 5 million people, once mulled beheading for serious crimes, but the central government ruled it out.
Earlier this year in June, two people caught having premarital sex were flogged 100 times each.
In January, the province began hiring its first female floggers to carry out the punishment for women offenders, as morality crimes committed by women rise.


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Indonesian man who raped child collapses as he’s whipped some 150 times in Aceh

A man is publicly flogged by a member of the sharia police on November 26, 2020. Photo: AFP

A man is publicly flogged by a member of the Sharia police after he was found guilty of raping a child, in Idi Rayeuk, East Aceh on November 26, 2020. - An Indonesian man collapsed in pain on November 26 as he was flogged nearly 150 times for raping a child in conservative Aceh province, where public whipping is a common punishment for violating Islamic law. (Photo by Cekmad / AFP)

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Aceh is the only province in Indonesia which has special autonomy to enact sharia-based laws. File photo: AFP

epa07332851 A local Acehnese women uses her phone to take videos of a public caning in Banda Aceh, Aceh, Indonesia, 31 January 2019. Aceh is the only province in Indonesia that has implemented Sharia law, which considers lesbian, gay and bisexual relationships along with sex outside of marriage as a punishable offence. EPA-EFE/HOTLI SIMANJUNTAK

epa07549106 Indonesian Muslim women performing an evening prayer, the night before the start of the holy fasting month of Ramadan, at Baiturrahman Mosque, Banda Aceh, Indonesia, 05 May 2019. Muslims around the world celebrate the holy month of Ramadan by praying during the night time and abstaining from eating, drinking, and sexual acts during the period between sunrise and sunset. Ramadan is the ninth month in the Islamic calendar and it is believed that the revelation of the first verse in Koran was during its last 10 nights. EPA-EFE/HOTLI SIMANJUNTAK

Indonesian couple whipped 100 times each in Aceh for premarital sex

A woman is escorted by officials before receiving 100 whippings by religious police in Jantho, Aceh province. Photo: AFP

A man receives 100 whippings by religious police in Jantho, Aceh province. Photo: AFP

Indonesia’s Aceh hires female floggers to whip women for premarital sex, cuddling in public

A woman, 21, who was caught in proximity with her boyfriend, is caned in Banda Aceh on October 29, 2018. Photo: AFP

REFILE - CLARIFYING CIRCUMSTANCES Murni Amris, an Acehnese woman, is caned as part of her sentence in the courtyard of a mosque in Aceh Besar district, Indonesia's Aceh province October 1, 2010. Murni received three strokes of the cane for opening food stalls during the fasting month of Ramadan. Aceh is the only province in Indonesia, the world's most populous Muslim country, where Islamic law is implemented. REUTERS/Tarmizy Harva (INDONESIA - Tags: RELIGION CRIME LAW IMAGES OF THE DAY)

(FILES) This file photo taken on December 10, 2019 shows the first female flogger preparing to whip a woman in public, in Banda Aceh, after she was caught in close proximity with a man who is not her husband in a hotel. - With more women being charged for morality crimes in recent years, Aceh says it's trying to follow Islamic law that calls for women to whip female perpetrators -- which is the case in neighbouring Malaysia. (Photo by CHAIDEER MAHYUDDIN / AFP) / TO GO WITH AFP STORY Indonesia-religion-law by Haeril Halim

A female flogger whips an unmarried woman who was caught with a man in a hotel, on December 10, 2019, in Banda Aceh. Photo: AFP

Teenage couple in Indonesia’s Aceh province whipped 17 times for cuddling in public

An 18-year-old Indonesian woman is caned in Banda Aceh as punishment for being caught cuddling with her boyfriend. Photo: AFP

An Indonesian man is caned in public in Banda Aceh on January 31, 2019, as punishment for being caught cuddling with his girlfriend. - Two teenagers were whipped in Indonesia's Aceh province on January 31 after they were caught cuddling in public -- a crime under the conservative region's Islamic law. (Photo by CHAIDEER MAHYUDDIN / AFP)

CORRECTION - An 18-year-old Indonesian woman (C) is assisted by Sharia police after being caned in public in Banda Aceh on January 31, 2019, as punishment for being caught cuddling with her boyfriend. - Two teenagers were whipped in Indonesia's Aceh province on January 31 after they were caught cuddling in public -- a crime under the conservative region's Islamic law. (Photo by CHAIDEER MAHYUDDIN / AFP) / “The erroneous mention[s] appearing in the metadata of this photo by CHAIDEER MAHYUDDIN has been modified in AFP systems in the following manner: [An 18-year-old Indonesian woman] instead of [A 19-year-old Indonesian woman]. Please immediately remove the erroneous mention[s] from all your online services and delete it (them) from your servers. If you have been authorized by AFP to distribute it (them) to third parties, please ensure that the same actions are carried out by them. Failure to promptly comply with these instructions will entail liability on your part for any continued or

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The 19-year-old was arrested earlier this year on charges of molesting and raping a young victim
During the caning, he pleaded for the punishment to stop and was briefly treated by doctors before the flogging restarted



The 19-year-old Indonesian man was arrested earlier this year on charges of molesting and raping a young victim in Aceh province.


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Indonesian man who raped child collapses as he’s whipped some 150 times in Aceh

The 19-year-old was arrested earlier this year on charges of molesting and raping a young victim During the caning, he pleaded for the punishment to stop and was briefly treated by doctors before the flogging restarted

The 19-year-old was arrested earlier this year on charges of molesting and raping a young victim

During the caning, he pleaded for the punishment to stop and was briefly treated by doctors before the flogging restarted