Aceh's public caning makes a record with 140 strokes for sex and alcohol offences
In Aceh, Indonesia, a 21-year-old woman was publicly caned 140 times—100 for sex outside marriage and 40 for drinking alcohol—marking a record number of blows in a session where three female officers took turns delivering the strokes; she fainted and was carried offstage. Four others, including an Islamic police officer, were also punished for Sharia violations. Aceh enforces Sharia with public canings, a practice criticized by rights groups for its cruelties and lack of adequate safeguards.