The implementation of caning law in West Aceh

A flogging executioner prepares to carry out the flogging sentence at Teuku Umar Field, Meulaboh, West Aceh, Aceh, on Friday (February 13, 2026). The Sharia Court of West Aceh Regency sentenced seven convicts to 12 to 100 lashes after they were proven to have violated regional regulations (qanun) Jarimah Maisir and Jarimah Zina, Article 37, Number 6 of 2014, concerning jinayat law as a form of enforcing Islamic law in Aceh. ANTARA FOTO/Syifa Yulinnas/wsj.

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