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rpannier

(24,329 posts)
Fri Nov 1, 2019, 07:28 AM Nov 2019

Indonesian man flogged after breaking adultery law he helped draw up

An Indonesian man working for an organisation that helped draft strict religious laws has been publicly whipped himself after he was caught having an affair with a married woman.

Flogging is a common punishment for a range of offences in the deeply conservative Aceh region on Sumatra island, including adultery, drinking alcohol, and having gay or premarital sex.

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The organisation for which Mukhlis works advised the local government and legislature on drafting and implementing Aceh’s religious law, including public flogging.

https://www.theguardian.com/world/2019/nov/01/indonesia-man-flogged-adultery-law-helped-draw-aceh

Definition of irony. I guess he thought the laws were for thee and for he.
The organization he works for is a menace. They help draft laws for the local government. They whined last summer because of a plan to form a women's soccer league and the stadium isn't specially built fotr only female players, match officials and spectators

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